Question authority. Only by questioning accepted wisdom can we advance our understanding of the world.
The recommendation suggests that one should question authority. Only by questioning accepted wisdom will we be able to advance our understanding. I agree with this recommendation. It is said that us humans, just use around 14% of our brain capacity. If we can achieve so much knowledge, progress and advancement just by using 14% of our brain capacity, imagine what all we can achieve if we use more of it. One way to achieve a profound understanding of the world is to question everything around us. Instead of simply accepting and following theories or wisdom, we must use the five ‘W’s. Who? What? Where? When? How? Only questioning existing theories will we be able to deeply gain an understanding of the world around us. This deep understanding can take us on journeys that might end up changing the world.
We must question authority. If teachers, elders, scientists etc say a certain statement then we must question them. No, this doesn’t mean that we have to be disrespectful and repudiate everything they say. By questioning, we will understand the reasons for their statements. This will increase our cognitive abilities. For instance, in school, if students do not question a teacher when she says that the sky is blue, then will never understand how different light phenomenons occur for the sky to be blue. This statement will just end up being one of the million things that we forget. We will never understand how physics, chemistry, biology is all around us. We must ask ourselves, Why is the sky blue? Why is are some flowers pink while some are yellow? How do they get this color?
If you notice, questioning mundane, everyday things and phenomenons around us, has led to major discoveries. For example, imagine if Sir Isaac Newton, just never questioned why the apple fell from the tree, then we would never know that something like gravity exists. Imagine if people unquestionably accepted that the Earth is flat, we would yet be thinking that there is a point on the earth after which there’s nothing. Imagine if no one would ever try to think what is beyond this world, then we would never be able to discover space or the moon or the other planets.
Questioning accepted wisdoms, questioning everyday processes, questioning why everything happens the way it does, is what helps us grow. Questioning is the ability that we humans have that most other species on this Earth do not. Reasoning, rationality, logic is what separates us from the rest of the species. These cognitive abilities is the reason why we dominate the world and we do not live on an Earth dominated by sheep.
Do not be a follower. Following is the easiest thing to do. It is questioning that takes effort. It might be a strenuous task to question, but it is only those who question, that leave a mark on the world. Herd mentality must be reduced. We have been given a brain to think and question. We must use it and deepen our understanding of the world.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: “Who” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...s or wisdom, we must use the five ‘W’s. Who? What? Where? When? How? Only question...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, so, then, while, for example, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 19.5258426966 149% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 72.0 33.0505617978 218% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 58.6224719101 75% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2475.0 2235.4752809 111% => OK
No of words: 511.0 442.535393258 115% => OK
Chars per words: 4.84344422701 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75450408675 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83532537986 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 247.0 215.323595506 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.483365949119 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 736.2 704.065955056 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 17.0 6.24550561798 272% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 34.0 20.2370786517 168% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 23.0359550562 65% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.8520125863 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 72.7941176471 118.986275619 61% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.0294117647 23.4991977007 64% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.5 5.21951772744 29% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.83258426966 248% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.436007007229 0.243740707755 179% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.122139885707 0.0831039109588 147% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.106764672341 0.0758088955206 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.269728053927 0.150359130593 179% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.114766051927 0.0667264976115 172% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.9 14.1392134831 63% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 73.17 48.8420337079 150% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 6.8 12.1743820225 56% => Flesch kincaid grade is low.
coleman_liau_index: 10.2 12.1639044944 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.32 8.38706741573 87% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 100.480337079 95% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 11.2143820225 71% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.7820224719 68% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.