Are meerkat sentinels and altrustics human act truly selfless?
It is claimed in a passage that the word altruism is commonly associated with selflessness, because it seems that individuals would gain nothing from acts that is deemed altruistic. However, according to a lecture, a closer look at this issue may help people understand that altruism may not be so selfless.
Meerkat sentinels would easily be considered the Good Samaritans for their seemingly selfless guard duty, but further investigation shows that they actually gain a lot from this so-called altruistic act. First of all, it was once believed that the sentinels will look out for potential threats, such as predators, on an empty stomach, while other pack members are foraging. In fact, a recent study of meerkat eating habits mentioned in the lecture proves that the sentinels usually eat before they perform their duty. Therefore, one of the perks of volunteering to be a sentinel can be the privilege to eat first.
Another benefit is the increased chance of survival. The passage claims that sentinels risk their lives protecting others, but the truth is they are much safer. When sentinels spot a predator and send off the alert, they can easily escape into a nearby burrow, leaving others out in the open facing graver danger. Moreover, alarmed by imminent hazards, the remaining meerkats’ movement caused by their survival instinct may even draw the attention of the predators away from the sentinel.
The selflessness of altruistic human acts is also questionable. Although those who share food or donate organs gain little for themselves, the lecture interprets this problem in a different way. It states that societal appreciation and self-worthiness can also drive people to sacrifice their own interests. Some would consider these non-material rewards even more valuable than material ones.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Consider replacing "in a different way" with adverb for "different"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, look, may, moreover, so, therefore, while, in fact, such as, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1526.0 1373.03311258 111% => OK
No of words: 289.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 5.28027681661 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12310562562 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.8017299115 2.5805825403 109% => OK
Unique words: 190.0 145.348785872 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.657439446367 0.540411800872 122% => OK
syllable_count: 461.7 419.366225166 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.8087797556 49.2860985944 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.0 110.228320801 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.6428571429 21.698381199 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.14285714286 7.06452816374 115% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.210189797808 0.272083759551 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0695796077297 0.0996497079465 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0806039606775 0.0662205650399 122% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.109747486882 0.162205337803 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0419043325804 0.0443174109184 95% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 13.3589403974 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.34 12.2367328918 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.6 8.42419426049 114% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 63.6247240618 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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