As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and mysterious.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take

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As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and mysterious.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

Author asserts that as the humans acquire knowledge, things become more complex and mysterious to understand instead of becoming lucid. The statement is made as generic which actually does not convince considering the progress made by humans in various fields. Today, we can look at the history of any field and we'll find that there are revolutionary progresses made in last 3-4 centuries. Today we know much more about the things as compared to any time in the past and our understanding of the things is enhancing continually.

We can take an example of medical field. Today we know much more ab...

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Sentence: Right from Galileo's telescope which changed the old myths about planets and sun to the year 1969 when USA launched it's first moon mission which was successful and many convoluted mysteries of space got revealed.
Description: A pronoun, personal, nominative, 3rd person singular is not usually followed by a numeral, ordinal
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