In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.
Imagination is the ability of mind to form ideas, image and concept of the object not present to the senses. Knowledge on the other hand, means skills, facts and information acquired through education and experience. The statement contends that in most professions imagination can prove to be a more valuable asset than knowledge. While the statement is true to the extent that imagination can prove to be more useful in certain circumstances, one must not go too far in overstating its importance with respect to knowledge.
Admittedly, when individuals are let free to imagine without the constraints of established principles and norms, they can do wonders. Many historical accomplishments are testament to this fact. Genghiz Khan’s army commander Subutai’s feat of conquering thirty two nations and winning sixty five pitched battles can be a glaring example to illustrate how valuable imagination can be. Using his sheer imaginative force he devised unthinkable military strategy of coordinating large chunk of Mongolian armies hundreds of miles apart without any communication to converge at decisive moments and surprise the enemy forces. Till 800 years this strategy remained relevant and was employed by the Soviet army in the World War II.
Additionally, there are certain professions where imagination has precedence over other skills such as theoretical physics, music, literature, etc. What was needed to postulate the great theory of relativity? Surprisingly, a pencil, a piece of paper and most importantly young Einstein’s imagination- which knew no boundaries - were the requisites. Similarly, in literature, Shakespeare’s magnum opuses were a product of his creativity. Or, in music, imagination played the key role for many composers who enjoyed instant success with their vey first albums.
However, knowledge is as important as imagination in transforming the latter into a reality. For instance, a child or a student known for his artistic creativity cannot produce a master piece like Vinci’s Mona Lisa without knowing the principles and techniques of professional artists. Or, while creative science fiction movie makers had given the idea of space ships long way back, it was the knowledge and expertise of NASA’s aeronautical engineers that brought that idea into life. In fact, in the previously stated examples of Einstein, Shakespeare and others, it will be unfair to claim that they could have accomplished those feats without specialized knowledge in their arena. Moreover, obsessive imagination without the knowledge of reality and truth may result in delusions. Such is the case with psychotic people who live in their own imaginative world and lose touch with reality.
The statement further overlooks the fact that imagination and knowledge are not mutually exclusive. Researchers have demonstrated that people with higher intelligence and knowledge possess more vivid imaginations. More often than not, it is the symbiotic effect of imagination and knowledge that proves to be the most valuable asset for humans. Myriad scientific and historical achievements also bear witness to this fact. While Newton’s imagination helped him decipher the connection between a falling apple and gravitational force, it was his knowledge as a Physicist and Mathematician that enabled him extend that idea beyond the apple tree to encompass celestial bodies of the universe. Similarly, though imagination helped technology leaders like Zuckerberg or Gates to envision ‘Facebook’ or ‘Windows’; without their coding knowledge and skill those ideas would have never come to fruition.
In conclusion, while the statement is correct in so far that, in some instances and professions, imagination is more of a necessity than plain knowledge alone; however imagination without knowledge can serve little purpose. Imagination itself arises from knowledge and, in most of the instance, it is the synergistic combination of the both that has proved to be the most valuable asset for humanity.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, look, may, moreover, similarly, so, while, for instance, in conclusion, in fact, such as, with respect to, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 79.0 58.6224719101 135% => OK
Nominalization: 35.0 12.9106741573 271% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3425.0 2235.4752809 153% => OK
No of words: 614.0 442.535393258 139% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.57817589577 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.977853291 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.11433267572 2.79657885939 111% => OK
Unique words: 351.0 215.323595506 163% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.571661237785 0.4932671777 116% => OK
syllable_count: 1077.3 704.065955056 153% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.4722765838 60.3974514979 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.321428571 118.986275619 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9285714286 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.53571428571 5.21951772744 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 20.0 10.2758426966 195% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.328690199004 0.243740707755 135% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0877587544513 0.0831039109588 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0856934575963 0.0758088955206 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.185437889409 0.150359130593 123% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0861920978594 0.0667264976115 129% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.8 14.1392134831 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 33.24 48.8420337079 68% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.1743820225 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.08 12.1639044944 124% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.44 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 185.0 100.480337079 184% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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