Most of the money devoted to basic scientific research should be instead diverted to applied scientific research
Respond to the above topic by composing an essay that states how much you agree or disagree with the given claim. Be sure to use evidence to support your stance and to consider evidence that would challenge your stance.
It is easy to assume that applied sciences should receive more funding due to its direct impact on our daily lives. However, doing so would be a short sighted as much of what is considered applied science is built on the pillars of general scientific principles which we interpret as “basic science”.
Applied scientific research provides more useful solutions to our everyday needs. Clinical trials are run to test the applications of new drugs and we focus on improving our lives by trying to find answers to problems like “how can I contact my friend more quickly” or “I need to do this process more efficiently”. By finding solutions to problems, this type of scientific research is understandable seen as highly valued. However, we must also consider what prior knowledge is needed to make these applied research projects possible and how this information was obtained.
One cannot assume applied scientific research can exist without contribution from basic scientific research. When Marie Curie discovered radiation, her main goal had not been to develop an X-Ray machine. This applied scientific concept was developed after the discovery of X-Rays. Without this initial basic scientific research, the applied forms of the radiation would not have been possible due to our lack of understanding of the process. To add to this point, it would have been interesting to see the Wright Brothers try to invent the plane without a good understanding of gravity thanks to the contributions of Isaac Newton and his basic scientific research into the laws of gravity.
Lastly, Some of the world’s best inventions were made through trial and error or discovered by accident. The man who invented rubber had not been trying to develop this particular product, however, once the material was discovered, applications for it were found. Without the freedom to conduct basic scientific research, this man would never have developed what is considered to be one of the most useful materials we use today.
From all that has been discussed, we can clearly surmise that theoretical science has been and continues to be the foundations on which the applied sciences are built. The products we develop today are dependent on our understanding of certain scientific concepts. We understand these concepts thanks to past scientists who dedicated their time and research to creating that understanding. Without basic scientific research, there is no guarantee that applied scientific research would have advanced the way it has and therefore it would be a terrible mistake to remove most funding from basic scientific research.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 13, column 9, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: Some
...into the laws of gravity. Lastly, Some of the world's best inventions were made ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, lastly, so, therefore
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 14.8657303371 61% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 39.0 33.0505617978 118% => OK
Preposition: 58.0 58.6224719101 99% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2251.0 2235.4752809 101% => OK
No of words: 420.0 442.535393258 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.35952380952 5.05705443957 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.52701905584 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96703735359 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 220.0 215.323595506 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.52380952381 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 666.9 704.065955056 95% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => 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: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.2727665353 60.3974514979 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.055555556 118.986275619 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.3333333333 23.4991977007 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.5 5.21951772744 48% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.224939458503 0.243740707755 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0855042450107 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0710706891878 0.0758088955206 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.13719152919 0.150359130593 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0411649780101 0.0667264976115 62% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.5 14.1392134831 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.8420337079 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.1 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.42 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 100.480337079 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => 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.