Claim: We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from those whose views contradict our own.
Reason: Disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning.
The author of the claim believed that since disagreement causes stress and inhibits learning, people can learn more if they learn from others who share similar views. This belief implies that having common thoughts is beneficial to learning. However, learning and education is a process of constant challenges. If scholars never questioned past scientific theories, the society would still believe that the Earth was flat and was the center of the universe. Although uncomfortable, dissonance is the catalyst that compels people to strive to improve, either to find evidence to verify their argument or to search for contradictions to refute their opponents.
Some people who adhere to a vegetarian diet believe that the consumption of meat is deleterious to the human body. If they happen to meet meat enthusiasts, the two parties are likely to disagree over the impact of meat consumption on health. While the consumption of meat could cause people to digest more fat than necessary, meat still contains salubrious nutrients such as iron, a mineral rarely found in plant-based diets. If vegetarians only discussed the properties of meat with like-minded people, they are unlikely to know the positive benefits of the consumption of meat and are likely to simply repeat ideas shared within vegetarian communities. Although their conversation with a meat lover could be frustrating, they might in fact be enlightened by previously unknown facts about meat, provided that they are willing to listen.
When arguments have been rejected and persuasive statements have failed to convince, disagreements tend to be annoying. However, this could be the force that motivates people to strive for improvement. For example, when Copernicus proposed that the sun was the center of the universe, the academia mocked him for his ridiculous thinking. Nevertheless, this setback became an encouragement for Copernicus as he rigorously studied differing thoughts to debunk them and validate his own. If people only learned from others who share the same view, they would not have the motivation to explore and innovate. Distinct thoughts often push academics to endeavor to learn more to demonstrate that they have been right and their critics have been wrong.
Some people might argue that a person can learn more from those who share similar views because this person can learn in a positive learning environment. This argument is ultimately flawed because the learning performance of a person is not entirely based on the learning environment. In fact, as aforementioned, sometimes disagreements are the optimal fuel that drives a person to pursue knowledge more.
In conclusion, although disagreement could cause stress and preclude learning, people are not guaranteed to learn much more from those who share similar perspectives. Opposing views can broaden perspectives and introduce novel concepts. In addition, they might incenticize people to work harder to bridge their own research gaps and exploit weaknesses in opposing arguments.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 376, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ploit weaknesses in opposing arguments.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
however, if, nevertheless, so, still, thus, while, for example, in addition, in conclusion, in fact, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 60.0 58.6224719101 102% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2602.0 2235.4752809 116% => OK
No of words: 472.0 442.535393258 107% => OK
Chars per words: 5.51271186441 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6610686524 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91761827679 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 246.0 215.323595506 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.521186440678 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 782.1 704.065955056 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 12.0 3.10617977528 386% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.8708912561 60.3974514979 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.272727273 118.986275619 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4545454545 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.90909090909 5.21951772744 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => 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: 0.279629429421 0.243740707755 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0839903065343 0.0831039109588 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.110523073276 0.0758088955206 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.180408218479 0.150359130593 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0955823315167 0.0667264976115 143% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.68 12.1639044944 121% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.29 8.38706741573 111% => OK
difficult_words: 138.0 100.480337079 137% => OK
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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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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.