Scientific theories, which most people consider as ‘fact,’ almost invariably prove to be inaccurate. Thus, one should look upon any information described as ‘factual’ with skepticism since it may well be proven false in the future.
Write an essay in which you take a position on the statement above. In developing and supporting your viewpoint, consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true.
Scientific theories are generally rigorously proven through peer review processes before being deemed as facts. However, with the various ideologies of different people around the world, what is considered as “facts” have been met with skepticism from some for various reasons. In spite of this, one should continue to look upon any information described as “factual” as truthful and not with skepticism in order for us to live in an ideal world.
First and foremost, facts and science are important to human society for numerous reasons including public health and safety. By treating facts with skepticism, it might expose us or the people around us to danger. A clear example of such a scenario is the rise of anti-vaccine activists and the anti-vaccine movement. Even though the effectiveness and safety of vaccines have been proven time and time again, anti-vaccine activists view this branch of science with skepticism and flout the research behind it for theories that vaccines will lead to autism or that the government implants chips within citizens via vaccines. Not only does this put the person and their family in danger by not being medically protected from various diseases such as COVID-19, chickenpox or smallpox, it also potentially endangers the people around them who might come into close contact with them. As such, for the greater good of public health and safety, facts should not be treated with skepticism.
Another reason to treat facts as “factual” and not with skepticism is because it gives a good starting point of debate. Over the past decade, we have seen American politics become increasingly partisan, and a potential cause of this problem is because opposing parties do not agree on what is fact and what is fiction. Lets think of a hypothetical scenario where two parties do not agree on what the color “red” actually is. This would make it hard for them to discuss whether red would be a good color for clothing or a good color for wallpaper. Thus, to sustain intellectual debate and betterment, facts are vital as it provides a good starting platform for future discussion.
Last but not least, treating any information described as ‘factual’ with skepticism might open up the floodgates for the proliferation of “facts” or “statements” that are not factual at all. This is a slippery slope that will lead society into a world where what is right and accurate might be hard to discern from what is wrong and not based in actual facts. For example, “Flat-Earthers'' conspiracy theorists are vehement in denying that the Earth is round and are dogmatic in their belief that the Earth is flat. As we know, this is simply not true as we have various images taken from space that clearly indicate that the Earth is, in fact, a sphere. If we continue to treat facts with skepticism, those who disagree with facts and the truth will continue to disregard scientific evidence to promote their inaccurate viewpoints. As such, it is beneficial to society for us to believe in facts and to only treat unproven statements with skepticism.
Opponents would argue that information described as ‘factual’ have been proven false before. While they are certainly true in their statement, it is important to note that the percentage of scientific facts that have been later proven as false is low to the point that it is negligible. It would be the equivalent of saying vegetables aren’t healthy for you because you got food poisoning once from a salad. As such, it is clear that it is more beneficial to trust facts than to treat them with skepticism.
In conclusion, it is clear that there are more benefits to believing in facts and science than to treat it with skepticism. As such, it is vital that we protect the integrity of scientific facts for the greater good of society.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 184, Rule ID: NOUN_AROUND_IT[1]
Message: Consider using 'the surrounding people'?
Suggestion: the surrounding people
... with skepticism, it might expose us or the people around us to danger. A clear example of such a sc...
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Message: Consider using 'the surrounding people'?
Suggestion: the surrounding people
...smallpox, it also potentially endangers the people around them who might come into close contact with ...
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Message: Did you mean 'Let's'?
Suggestion: Let's
...ee on what is fact and what is fiction. Lets think of a hypothetical scenario where ...
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Line 7, column 347, Rule ID: ACTUAL_EXPERIENCE[1]
Message: Use simply 'facts'.
Suggestion: facts
...ern from what is wrong and not based in actual facts. For example, “Flat-Earthers conspiracy...
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Message: Unpaired symbol: '”' seems to be missing
...not based in actual facts. For example, “Flat-Earthers conspiracy theorists are v...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, look, so, thus, while, for example, in conclusion, in fact, such as, in spite of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 40.0 19.5258426966 205% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 26.0 14.8657303371 175% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 58.0 33.0505617978 175% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 86.0 58.6224719101 147% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3210.0 2235.4752809 144% => OK
No of words: 642.0 442.535393258 145% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.03365860172 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79724412304 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 288.0 215.323595506 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.448598130841 0.4932671777 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 957.6 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.1484091963 60.3974514979 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 123.461538462 118.986275619 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.6923076923 23.4991977007 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.65384615385 5.21951772744 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.225581967185 0.243740707755 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0706985283062 0.0831039109588 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0555377041354 0.0758088955206 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.137636303302 0.150359130593 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0704187035813 0.0667264976115 106% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.8420337079 114% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.02 12.1639044944 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 132.0 100.480337079 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.