Science and technology will one day be able to solve all of society's issues.
I disagree with the idea that science and technology will be able to solve all of society's problems one day, because not only are some societal problems beyond the scope of science and technology, but some have actually been directly caused by those fields.
There are a wealth of problems in society, and within that range, many lack a solution from science and technology. The issue of homelessness, for example, is such a overwhelming problem that I don't believe it can be solved just using science and technology. The issue is influenced by multiple factors that aren't solely scientific, such as the economy at any given point in time, a lack of physical space for housing within a certain city, and the fact that many people who are homeless also face other forms of discrimination that affect their accessibility for housing. These are influenced by many emotional and political factors that may not have a solid solution just due to science or technology.
In addition, certain societal issues have been directly caused by science and technology, and require work from outside these fields to be solved. Henrietta Lacks was a Black woman whose DNA has directly contributed to the technology currently used to help treat, and potentially cure, several fatal diseases for over 50 years. This DNA was harvested from her without her being given accurate information about the usage or monetary compensation, and her family went decades unaware of the scietific gift she have given to humanity. From a purely scietific mindset, the knowledge gained outweighs that fact that she and her family were clearly mistreated, but the scientific community spent a large amount of time knowingly contributing to the problem of erasure and silencing of women of color.
The field of science and technology can often also be influenced to provide "solutions" that actually do more harm, like the production of oil from fossil fuels to push forward our potential for energy production, but a deliberate ignorance of the risks that come with this production. This can be seen in incidents like the BP oil spil that ultimately not only affected marine life in a unimaginable way, but also the health of humans who were exposed. Issues like these aren't ones that can be solved solely by science, and it could be argued that science caused these issues in the first place.
Of course, there are some societal issues that have clear connections to, and potentially solutions, in science and technology. Climate change is a scientific problem that needs to be addressed, and ultimately the solution to it is most likely to come from within the scientific field. However, this one example doesn't mean that all issues can be solved using science, and overlooks the potential harm that science and technology can do in actually creating new societal problems.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: many lacks
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Message: The pronoun 'she' must be used with a third-person verb: 'has'.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, look, may, so, for example, in addition, of course, such as, in the first place
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 26.0 14.8657303371 175% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 11.3162921348 186% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 33.0505617978 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 62.0 58.6224719101 106% => OK
Nominalization: 23.0 12.9106741573 178% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2399.0 2235.4752809 107% => OK
No of words: 471.0 442.535393258 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09341825902 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65859790218 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79412134744 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 233.0 215.323595506 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.494692144374 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 766.8 704.065955056 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 13.0 1.77640449438 732% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 20.2370786517 74% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 31.0 23.0359550562 135% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 61.8982677912 60.3974514979 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 159.933333333 118.986275619 134% => OK
Words per sentence: 31.4 23.4991977007 134% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.0 5.21951772744 153% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 7.80617977528 115% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.242460941775 0.243740707755 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0856617196295 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0971472698916 0.0758088955206 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.164511026978 0.150359130593 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.115678996224 0.0667264976115 173% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.2 14.1392134831 129% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.01 48.8420337079 82% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 12.1743820225 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.83 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.53 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.4 11.2143820225 128% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.