Through the usage of various symbolisms, The “The Allegory of the Cave” explains the underlying basis of the echo chamber effect and portrays the importance of creating a point of view with knowledge acquired through research rather than from empirical evidence. First, the essay will illustrate the analogy in three parts: imprisonment, …show more content…
This is a fundamental facet of human nature, attempting to explain and construct a framework of understanding of the reality around us based on whatever knowledge our sense can provide. Where notion becomes relevant to political discourse is the idea that humans will always bulk at the notion that their existing interpretation of reality could be incorrect, that what they perceived to be true could be wrong. This can be seen in a number of cases, broadly speaking when new scientific discoveries challenge pre-existing cosmology, or in more specific cases in any given arguments where participants both believe their point of view to be true regardless of the facts. This difference in point of view can be seen in daily interactions between people and create tension in many cases and in a bigger scale can be tied to foreign affairs and even