“Important truths begin as outrageous, or at least uncomfortable, attacks upon the accepted wisdom of the time.”
There is a tendency in all of us to exalt what we call common sense, truth, or even general wisdom as something inviolable and immutable. The most common reaction that can be expected from someone who is exposed to newly discovered fact or evidence that points in a completely different direction from what he believes in is denial and disbelief. Whether our recalcitrance to evidence that contradict our belief of what is true is a product of evolution that helped our primitive ancestors survive by precluding indecisiveness, or simply our own ego getting in the way of admitting that it is possible for us to err, its pervasiveness is undeniable.
There was once a time in which people accepted the "fact" that the earth was flat, and the sun, moon and other planets revolved around the earth. It was common sense, and even the most brilliant minds of the period believed the same, as it was simply common sense. If anyone at that period would suggest that the earth was round, what he would get in return would be ridicule and scorn. It would be good if new revolutionary ideas are met with just ridicule and scorn, but history has thought us that revealing such "inconvinient" truths would demand a much higher price from anyone who plans to do so. This, for instance, can be easily seen from what had happened to Gallileo, when he tried to let everyone know that the earth is not the center of the univerese, but the earth, like the other planets, revolve around the sun. The price that he paid for exposing the truth was his very own life.
We do not have to look at such a extreme example which evinces the isolation that someone has to bear in order to reveal something that is long regarded as wisdom, and a good example for that would be what had happened to Charles Darwin, the author of the 'Origin of Species', and the person who lay the foundations for the theory of evotution and evolution biology today as we know it. While it is known that his theory was revolutionary at his time, and it is widely accepted today, few people know that he, who was a practising Catholic, was ostracized as what he had shown contradicted the belief of a creator that created the world and all the creatures in it.
But everything is not so dark and dismal, and we have seen that although people might be hesitant to initallly accept new fact or evidences if it is against their belief of what is common sense, people and the civilization as a whole usually do come to terms with it eventually. Skepticism in small doses is indeed required as it helps keep the bad ideas away, and only the truth would be standing at the end. But it is equally important that we do not outrightly dismiss an idea, no matter how uncomfortable it may be, and should inspect it with the proof and evidence it has to offer.
- “Important truths begin as outrageous, or at least uncomfortable, attacks upon the accepted wisdom of the time.” 50
- Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archa 69
- Collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision. Since archaeologists have recently discovered molds of human hea 55
- “Important truths begin as outrageous, or at least uncomfortable, attacks upon the accepted wisdom of the time.” 50
- In order to save a considerable amount of money, Rockingham’s century-old town hall should be torn down and replaced by the larger and more energy-efficient building that some citizens have proposed. The old town hall is too small to comfortably accommo 55
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 32, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...life. We do not have to look at such a extreme example which evinces the isola...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, look, may, so, while, as to, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.5258426966 174% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 26.0 14.8657303371 175% => OK
Relative clauses : 26.0 11.3162921348 230% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 57.0 33.0505617978 172% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 58.6224719101 87% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2322.0 2235.4752809 104% => OK
No of words: 507.0 442.535393258 115% => OK
Chars per words: 4.5798816568 5.05705443957 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.74517233601 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70770247995 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 245.0 215.323595506 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.483234714004 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 732.6 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 14.0 1.77640449438 788% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 20.2370786517 69% => 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: 36.0 23.0359550562 156% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 84.3057179652 60.3974514979 140% => OK
Chars per sentence: 165.857142857 118.986275619 139% => OK
Words per sentence: 36.2142857143 23.4991977007 154% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.57142857143 5.21951772744 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => 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: 0.121805327371 0.243740707755 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0463390713127 0.0831039109588 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0494020835993 0.0758088955206 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0686612519374 0.150359130593 46% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0352952650845 0.0667264976115 53% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.2 14.1392134831 129% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.86 48.8420337079 106% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.88 12.1639044944 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.54 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 11.8971910112 160% => OK
gunning_fog: 16.4 11.2143820225 146% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.