While arguably, the most reasonable way to determine whether an individual’s knowledge holds relevance in the grand scheme of things is through debate and discourse. This not only encourages the individual to consider new perspectives but also asserts whether his arguments draw considerable consensus amongst his peers. However, undue debate, subject to personal bias and prejudiced attitude by people towards any controversial issue impedes learning rather than allowing its growth.
Predominantly on mass media, such as television, programs intended to discuss national or regional issues often tread a line of irrational and rhetorical debates on these topics amongst people hailing from different parts of the society. These people often include politicians who engage in rhetoric and invectives targeted towards their counterparts that undermine the importance of the intended debate, and creates an atmosphere of palpable tension. The audience learn nothing as such and the issue being discussed reaches no reasonable solution or conclusion. Such an example serves to show that if people are fundamentally motivated towards contradictory opinions due to personal agendas, then it is not precisely possible to accumulate knowledge through such vociferous debates.
However, other fields where people are more tolerant towards others’ views and respect their opinions, debate and discourse is of prime importance in gaining knowledge. History is replete with scientific examples that have stood the test of time and others which have gone through several iterations of updates based on newer discoveries and contradictions when reviewed by contemporary scientists. For example, Newtonian mechanics stipulated by Sir Isaac Newton was long considered as the physics governing the universe. However, with the discovery of newer properties of electrons such as wave particle duality people soon discovered the presence of quantum mechanics. Even today, research papers published in journals go through a meticulous study by an individual’s contemporaries to assert the conclusiveness and fidelity of his findings. Such examples show how dialogue and discourse through people of varied opinions can result in an overall increase in knowledge, beneficial to all involved, at an individual level.
Furthermore, internationally, people of different ethnicities hailing from different nations represent their countries on several diplomatic issues that needs resolution. These are a heterogeneous group who eventually strive towards achieving common goals. Thus, even if such people are disparate, they learn about each other and their problems and develop an overarching opinion which is not parochial and serves to consider all the nations alike. Inevitably, the claim that we learn more from like minded people than from a disparate group does not hold water at a global level and as such can not really be a reasonable line of action.
In conclusion, it is evident that if people who are prejudiced or lack the rudimentary knowledge on a topic pursue a debate, then overall learning is impeded as such individuals tend to engage in rhetoric and abusive language. However, having said so, the most reasonable way to encourage growth of knowledge, in any field, at an individual or societal level, is through debate and discourse. This helps in gaining powerful insight and allows an individual to consider others’ opinions whilst carefully juxtaposing his and theirs’ for comparison.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, really, so, then, thus, while, for example, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 12.4196629213 16% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 33.0505617978 76% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2973.0 2235.4752809 133% => OK
No of words: 524.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.67366412214 5.05705443957 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7844588288 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03348143953 2.79657885939 108% => OK
Unique words: 291.0 215.323595506 135% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.55534351145 0.4932671777 113% => OK
syllable_count: 944.1 704.065955056 134% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.8824832026 60.3974514979 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 148.65 118.986275619 125% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.2 23.4991977007 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.15 5.21951772744 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => 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: 0.136156764423 0.243740707755 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0419601611536 0.0831039109588 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.052698047652 0.0758088955206 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0804111159458 0.150359130593 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0563836782649 0.0667264976115 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.4 14.1392134831 130% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 28.17 48.8420337079 58% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.8 12.1743820225 130% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.9 12.1639044944 131% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.14 8.38706741573 121% => OK
difficult_words: 173.0 100.480337079 172% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 11.8971910112 130% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 16.0 11.7820224719 136% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, however, if, really, so, then, thus, while, for example, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 12.4196629213 16% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 33.0505617978 76% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2973.0 2235.4752809 133% => OK
No of words: 524.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.67366412214 5.05705443957 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7844588288 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03348143953 2.79657885939 108% => OK
Unique words: 291.0 215.323595506 135% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.55534351145 0.4932671777 113% => OK
syllable_count: 944.1 704.065955056 134% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.8824832026 60.3974514979 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 148.65 118.986275619 125% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.2 23.4991977007 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.15 5.21951772744 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => 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: 0.136156764423 0.243740707755 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0419601611536 0.0831039109588 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.052698047652 0.0758088955206 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0804111159458 0.150359130593 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0563836782649 0.0667264976115 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.4 14.1392134831 130% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 28.17 48.8420337079 58% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.8 12.1743820225 130% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.9 12.1639044944 131% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.14 8.38706741573 121% => OK
difficult_words: 173.0 100.480337079 172% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 11.8971910112 130% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 16.0 11.7820224719 136% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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.