In any field of inquiry, the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important contributions
“In any field of inquiry, the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important contributions”. I do not agree with this statement.
Such statements often do sound catchy and may warrant some merit if given a cursory glance. It is fair to assume that beginners do bring new and diverse ideas into a field, and this could be a spawn of innovation.
However, a deeper look at this statement quickly strips away its credibility. Modern fields of enquiry are often studied by millions of people and are correspondingly extremely complex and vast. It can take years of study to get even a faint grasp on the full scope of a modern science. Take for example the field of computer science. There are hundreds of different possible approaches to every single problem there is. Thus, it is statistically likely that any ‘new’ breakthrough that a beginner comes up with has already been researched by someone else, and the beginner has essentially just re-invented the wheel. Add into the mix the various offshoots of computer science, like artificial intelligence, modern cryptography, high performance computing, and it is outright impossible for a single man to grasp the whole field. Thus, modern innovation is often driven by large teams of experts, each extremely proficient in their particular field of study. This amalgamation of various experiences and disciplines then takes the field to new heights.
Consider Albert Einstein for once, the man who shattered the world of physics through the theory of general relativity, thereby almost nullifying the last 100-200 years of research. He certainly was very young when he came up with his theory, being in his 20s. However, he can hardly be considered a beginner. He mastered advanced calculus in his teens and spent nearly a decade in study before coming up with this breakthrough. He was a prodigy, not an amateur, sadly, the two can often be confused with one another.
There are of course, exceptions. However, they are just that, exceptions. The norm is that innovation is driven by groups of people who are extremely knowledgeable in the fields. I can thus say, I completely disagree with the claim that beginners are more likely than experts to innovate.
- Governments should offer college and university education free of charge to all students 70
- Governments should offer college and university education free of charge to all students 70
- Teachers salaries should be based on their students academic performance 79
- In any field of inquiry the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important contributions 50
- In any field of inquiry the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important contributions 50
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 577, Rule ID: TO_VB_ITS_NN[26]
Message: Did you mean 'to understand its shortcomings'?
Suggestion: to understand its shortcomings
...tery over your field, that you can hope to understand it’s shortcomings and find questions that are yet to be a...
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Line 3, column 591, Rule ID: IT_IS[10]
Message: Did you mean 'its' (possessive pronoun) instead of 'it's' (=it is)?
Suggestion: its
... field, that you can hope to understand it’s shortcomings and find questions that ar...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, may, so, thus, while, at least, of course
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 43.0 58.6224719101 73% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1590.0 2235.4752809 71% => OK
No of words: 320.0 442.535393258 72% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.96875 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22948505376 4.55969084622 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90345800028 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 187.0 215.323595506 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.584375 0.4932671777 118% => OK
syllable_count: 486.0 704.065955056 69% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => 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: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 75.7766894676 60.3974514979 125% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.0 118.986275619 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3333333333 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.66666666667 5.21951772744 70% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 10.2758426966 39% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.261829806691 0.243740707755 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0911466955368 0.0831039109588 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.202138354342 0.0758088955206 267% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.215056480254 0.150359130593 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.235476381801 0.0667264976115 353% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 14.1392134831 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 48.8420337079 120% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.55 12.1639044944 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.38 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 100.480337079 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => 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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