Do we learn most from the people whose views we share?
We usually like or follow people whose views we share or with whom we can relate our thinking on certain topics. But in terms of generating knowledge or learning new things, does the view of following a person who shares common ground with us help? Or can we actually learn the most from people who have contradicted views? Though, I concede that disagreement and discord can lead to the impediment to learning, reasoned debate over a topic can enhance knowledge and advance humanity.
Admittedly, intense debate or discord over a topic in certain circumstances can be counterproductive and inhibit learning. Take, the political talk shows on television, as examples. In the talk shows, representatives of competing parties vie with each other to manifest their superiority over one another, but they have little interest to hear the views of the opposition. Usually these debates result in nothing but portraying rhetorical bouts and shouting matching. The end results in an impediment to learning.
Disagreement can also inhibit learning when there is a fundamental difference in basic assumptions needed for meaningful debate. For instance, a student of Banking might not get any benefit from a debate with a person whose religious view precludes the existing banking system. Similarly, a liberalist can hardly enhance his/her knowledge of the free market from a debate with a communist, who believes in a centrally planned economy.
Aside from these, I maintain that reasonable debate over contending matters is not a hindrance to learning rather it emphasizes and advances knowledge. Therefore, I firmly believe that disagreement with other enhance our knowledge and advance humanity at the personal, community and global level.
Firstly, at a personal level, apparently oppressive behaviour of parents might acknowledge the children about the unwanted consequences of situations. For example, a child may want to play video games for hours at a time and preventing it by his/her parents might hurt him/her. But, this will make the child acknowledge the bad impacts of long time gaming. Conversely, by listening to the children, parents might know that autonomy and good parenting are discrete things. Secondly, at a community level, a debate between an environmentalist and an industrialist may convince the former about the importance of industry and how the lives of a large number of people depend on it. Similarly, the latter will come to know about the price we need to pay for the degradation of the environment and atmosphere. Finally, at a global level, two nations with opposing views over politics and economy can lead to a mutually beneficial agreement by striving to understand other’s rationale, legitimate concerns of sovereignty, national security, the value of currency etc.
To sum up, when there is a lack of common ground, mutual respect and fundamental belief, I concede that differing views can inhibit learning. Otherwise, discourse and disagreement lead to a better understanding of a matter.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 641, Rule ID: LARGE_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, or simply use 'many' or 'numerous'
Suggestion: many; numerous
...rtance of industry and how the lives of a large number of people depend on it. Similarly, the lat...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, apparently, but, conversely, finally, first, firstly, if, may, second, secondly, similarly, so, therefore, for example, for instance, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 13.1623246493 38% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 7.85571142285 229% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 23.0 10.4138276553 221% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 24.0651302605 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 71.0 41.998997996 169% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 8.3376753507 228% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2554.0 1615.20841683 158% => OK
No of words: 479.0 315.596192385 152% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.33194154489 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.67825486995 4.20363070211 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05520073104 2.80592935109 109% => OK
Unique words: 263.0 176.041082164 149% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.549060542797 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 810.0 506.74238477 160% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 8.0 2.52805611222 316% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 16.0721442886 143% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.2975951904 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.308623528 49.4020404114 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.043478261 106.682146367 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8260869565 20.7667163134 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.91304347826 7.06120827912 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.38176352705 137% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 3.9879759519 276% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.229487277858 0.244688304435 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0641823547756 0.084324248473 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.121521720274 0.0667982634062 182% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113070985406 0.151304729494 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.141036277482 0.056905535591 248% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 13.0946893788 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 50.2224549098 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.63 12.4159519038 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.47 8.58950901804 110% => OK
difficult_words: 147.0 78.4519038076 187% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 9.78957915832 117% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.1190380762 99% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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