Important truths begin as outrageous, or at least uncomfortable, attacks upon the accepted wisdom of the time.
Throughout history, there exists a humongous list of discoveries which were initially opposed as it stands far away from held beliefs and conventions. In that context, the claim that the truth begins as outrageous is due to the political structure of humanity where the defenders are few and the deniers are powerful. I agree with the argument that important truths begin as heinous and do attack the accepted sagacity of the time to some extent but not always.
If we look at the history of the world, we will find many examples where truth has generated commotions in the society. Different people have varied notions about the existence of God, life after death, reincarnation, etc. For instance, Pythagoras and his followers were almost religiously obsessed with numbers. One of their key doctrines was that all numbers could be expressed as the ratio of integers. So when Hippasus pointed out that the square root of two was irrational, it shocked the Pythagoreans, and they had him drowned at sea. Hence, it is very difficult to change the ideologies that are followed by the majority of people.
Similarly, people took a long time to believe that time is not constant. When Einstein showed that light was the only constant, the world thought he was crazy. These days, however, NASA has to adjust its clocks because time runs differently depending on how far you are from a source of gravity and how fast you are going. In fact, a clock at sea level ticks faster than a clock at the top of the Empire State Building. Therefore, it is important to accept new ideas and bring reforms into the society and thus adopt new ideologies otherwise it will hinder the growth of mankind.
However, with the passage of time, people are becoming more open-minded. They are ready to accept new ideas that hold enough scientific explanations and approach. Moreover, the internet is a forum which mitigates the concept of "long-held notions" to a large extent because one can evaluate the theories on their merits in open discussion, so the outrageousness has reduced in the current media climate. That's why, when it was found out that Earth is not the only planet that has water, it was calmly accepted.
In conclusion, the important truth which challenges the widely acknowledged wisdom always face oppression. Nevertheless, if there exists proper scientific explanations and approach, then they will get accepted over a period of time after facing trials.
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- To serve the housing needs of our students, Buckingham College should build a number of new dormitories. Buckingham's enrollment is growing and, based on current trends, will double over the next 50 years, thus making existing dormitory space inadequate. 29
- Claim: Any piece of information referred to as a fact should be mistrusted, since it may well be proven false in the future.Reason: Much of the information that people assume is factual actually turns out to be inaccurate. 65
- In order for any work of art—for example, a film, a novel, a poem, or a song—to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your re 58
- Technology, while apparently aimed to simplify our lives, only makes our lives more complicated.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In dev 50
- "One month ago, all the showerheads in the first three buildings of the Sunnyside Towers complex were modified to restrict maximum water flow to one-third of what it used to be. Although actual readings of water usage before and after the adjustment are n 45
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: The adverb 'always' is usually not used at the end of a sentence.
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Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...ach, then they will get accepted over a period of time after facing trials.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, hence, however, if, look, moreover, nevertheless, similarly, so, then, therefore, thus, as to, for instance, in conclusion, in fact
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 22.0 19.5258426966 113% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 33.0505617978 100% => OK
Preposition: 49.0 58.6224719101 84% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 12.9106741573 23% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2064.0 2235.4752809 92% => OK
No of words: 411.0 442.535393258 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02189781022 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.50256981431 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76522795359 2.79657885939 99% => OK
Unique words: 246.0 215.323595506 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.598540145985 0.4932671777 121% => OK
syllable_count: 636.3 704.065955056 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.7023680383 60.3974514979 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.2 118.986275619 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.55 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.8 5.21951772744 130% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.207954608456 0.243740707755 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0547383959659 0.0831039109588 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0690525862477 0.0758088955206 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.112997320131 0.150359130593 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0625286792889 0.0667264976115 94% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.8420337079 122% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.93 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 112.0 100.480337079 111% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 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.