Given the advancements of socio-economic, scientific, and historical research, the ever-increasing curiosity of mankind has led to development of a knowledge-based society, which encompasses almost everything ranging from city planning to space missions. The prompt questions whether such knowledge elucidates our understanding or does it make it a complex affair. In my opinion, I strongly agree that knowledge serves to advance our understanding of already established observations, helps us predetermine certain solutions as valid or invalid based on experience or empirical data, while simultaneously encouraging us to explore the unknown. Indisputably, such explorations are often futile, but there exists potential to reveal valuable insights through such endeavours.
The fact that mankind confronts novel problems each day mandates that such confrontations are met with an effort to abate the probability of facing similar problems in the future. Without gaining proper insight into the causal relationships that such arbitrations of natural or man-made origin, it is impossible to place measures in place to prevent widespread damage. For example, research into what actually cause tsunamis have led meteorological departments and weather channels to predict such events beforehand. While the root cause of such tsunamis may be attributed to shifts in the tectonic plates of the earth, it is through advanced technology that such events are predicted and disaster management teams are deployed to maximise efforts in saving lives.
Similarly, events like Chernobyl disaster shows us how obsession with any particular technology may eventually lead to disastrous consequences that have profound implications should we choose to ignore the red flags. While in this case nuclear technology, a potential source of power such as electricity, which is otherwise derived from thermal power plants, utilising resources such as coal, serves to the benefit of mankind, it can also be deemed hazardous if we ignore certain measures that are required to ensure proper operational safety. Such experience come at a huge cost of life, but in the end serve admonitory and cautions us from taking a similar course of action during our future encounters with such technology.
The ever increase vastness of knowledge encourages us to delve into the unknown, to discover fascinating new physical phenomena. Once deemed impossible, space exploration has helped us in finding how gravitational forces are different on the moon from the earth. This leap into the unknown has established long unproven theories such as existence of gravitational waves, and led to discovery of newer physical phenomena such as black holes and nebulae. Space exploration, though initially riddled with failures, through the unfettered motivation of scientists and engineers alike, have undergone radical advancements and today people are striving towards setting up colonies in Mars.
Indisputably, advanced knowledge do have some detrimental effects. For example, the knowledge of using nuclear energy as arms in warfare has severely affected lives of thousands of people. Even space exploration has had its bad days when rockets, while re-entering Earth were completed burned to ashes due to structural failures. However, such incidents serve to caution mankind to be double-sure and certain on their understandings before carrying out risky ventures, which can cost lives. With such experience, people have adhered to strict measures and eventually diminished the probability of such mishaps to a miniscule quantity.
In conclusion, my agreement that knowledge serves to elucidate our understanding rather than complicate, stands unwavering based on the above examples. These examples shows that as we acquire more knowledge, we can better understand the aspects of reality as it relates to our lives and this understanding further motivates us to explore regions of unknown, which eventually lead to solutions of complex universal phenomena.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, may, similarly, so, while, for example, in conclusion, such as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.5258426966 72% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 33.0505617978 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 90.0 58.6224719101 154% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3422.0 2235.4752809 153% => OK
No of words: 600.0 442.535393258 136% => OK
Chars per words: 5.70333333333 5.05705443957 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.94923200384 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.14426285302 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 342.0 215.323595506 159% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.57 0.4932671777 116% => OK
syllable_count: 1093.5 704.065955056 155% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.0981787795 60.3974514979 104% => OK
Chars per sentence: 155.545454545 118.986275619 131% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.2727272727 23.4991977007 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.04545454545 5.21951772744 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0794497553957 0.243740707755 33% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0242842554395 0.0831039109588 29% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0422213393717 0.0758088955206 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0480081074874 0.150359130593 32% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0541235806893 0.0667264976115 81% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.1 14.1392134831 135% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 27.15 48.8420337079 56% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 13.0 7.92365168539 164% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.2 12.1743820225 133% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.08 12.1639044944 132% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.42 8.38706741573 124% => OK
difficult_words: 207.0 100.480337079 206% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 17.5 11.8971910112 147% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, may, similarly, so, while, for example, in conclusion, such as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.5258426966 72% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 33.0505617978 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 90.0 58.6224719101 154% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3422.0 2235.4752809 153% => OK
No of words: 600.0 442.535393258 136% => OK
Chars per words: 5.70333333333 5.05705443957 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.94923200384 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.14426285302 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 342.0 215.323595506 159% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.57 0.4932671777 116% => OK
syllable_count: 1093.5 704.065955056 155% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 63.0981787795 60.3974514979 104% => OK
Chars per sentence: 155.545454545 118.986275619 131% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.2727272727 23.4991977007 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.04545454545 5.21951772744 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0794497553957 0.243740707755 33% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0242842554395 0.0831039109588 29% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0422213393717 0.0758088955206 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0480081074874 0.150359130593 32% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0541235806893 0.0667264976115 81% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.1 14.1392134831 135% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 27.15 48.8420337079 56% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 13.0 7.92365168539 164% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.2 12.1743820225 133% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.08 12.1639044944 132% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.42 8.38706741573 124% => OK
difficult_words: 207.0 100.480337079 206% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 17.5 11.8971910112 147% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 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.