The function of science is to reassure; the purpose of art is to upset. Therein lies the value of each.
Science, itself, is the greatest discovery man has made. It is a boon to our lives. Science and technology have altered the way we live, connect and communicate with each other. But science has its own downplays as well. On the other hand, to claim that art can only upset is to portray a very narrow approach to this field. The author’s recommendation therefore cannot be entirely true.
Almost everything that we see around us is a gift of science. Starting from our smartphones, laptops, tablets, iPads, microwaves, air-conditioners, refrigerators, vehicles, electricity etc. is the invention of science. Science makes our day-to-day life easier and saves time and money. It is hard to decide which is the single most valuable discovery of science, from the Copernicum System, to the theory of relativity, to the discovery of DNA, antibiotics, to the internet. The contributions of science are vast. This is one side of science. But there are negative consequences too. These include discovery of nuclear weapons, atomic bombs, indiscriminate industrialization and urbanization and many more. It is both a boon and a bane to our lives.
Art helps one to cultivate one’s aesthetic sense, to have a discernible eye. Artists give life and soul to innate objects through their creativity. Just as science promotes the development of material culture, similarly, art bears the seeds of development of non-material culture. Any developed civilization is a fruit of its art and culture and not only its scientific advancements. For example, a beautiful painting, movie, music, or dance can fill us with awe, admiration and uplift our emotional state. A person, after a hard day’s work could come home and relax while listening to Beethoven’s music or by attending a musical concert with his or her spouse. Any new science invention is not complete without an artistic touch to its final creation. Everything that we use and are a part of our living, starting from the buildings we live in, to the cars and gadgets we use are impressive creations of science but first these have to appeal to our eyes, to our senses. A laptop or car or any of the electrical appliances that we use in our daily life will not survive in the market for long if the beauty factor isn’t there.
Moreover, the purpose of art is not only to fulfil our sensuous needs, but it is an important source of livelihood to a lot of people. We have artists from all fields like singing, dancing, painting, acting, sculpting and many more who perform and worked professionally. Their artistic talents and handiwork have given them love, honor, reputation, fame, friends, connections, and economic independence. Therefore, to say that art has upset us is a mistaken belief.
However, the other side of the coin has to be considered as well. The flip side of art is when we get upset by certain creations. Such as seeing a famous photo of a child suffering from malnutrition, or photos of Auschwitz or a documentary on our independence movement.
In conclusion it can be summarized that it is true for every field, be it science or art, to have both negative and positive impacts on society. While science takes our society forward in terms of technological advancement, art is a balm that makes technology look appealing to our eyes. We cannot attribute absolute values to either one of them and praise one and ignores its adverse impacts or vice versa.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 11, column 467, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... art has upset us is a mistaken belief. However, the other side of the coin has ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, look, moreover, similarly, so, therefore, well, while, as to, for example, in conclusion, such as, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 34.0 14.8657303371 229% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 54.0 33.0505617978 163% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 28.0 12.9106741573 217% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2883.0 2235.4752809 129% => OK
No of words: 576.0 442.535393258 130% => OK
Chars per words: 5.00520833333 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.89897948557 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.04601127359 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 308.0 215.323595506 143% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.534722222222 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 920.7 704.065955056 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 13.0 4.38483146067 296% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 35.0 20.2370786517 173% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 23.0359550562 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 48.4155481857 60.3974514979 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 82.3714285714 118.986275619 69% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.4571428571 23.4991977007 70% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.37142857143 5.21951772744 84% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 20.0 10.2758426966 195% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
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: 0.143539255263 0.243740707755 59% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0347743360108 0.0831039109588 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0431784371082 0.0758088955206 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0815742495328 0.150359130593 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0332301731049 0.0667264976115 50% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 14.1392134831 74% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.8420337079 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.48 12.1639044944 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.65 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 154.0 100.480337079 153% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 11.8971910112 46% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.2143820225 75% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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