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 represent our current understanding of a phenomenon and may be debunked in the future. History is a recording of past events, but artifacts might overturn our current assessment of the past. Therefore, we should construe information carefully because the information could be wrong, but modern technology and comprehension has not yet allowed us to uncover the truth. In addition, interpreting information with skepticism allows us to be innovative and avoid being blinded by our bias.
Thousands of years ago, people believed that the world is flat and at the edge of the world is a waterfall that leads to a bottomless abyss. Centuries ago, scholars accepted the theory that Earth is the center of the solar system and planets revolve around Earth. Nowadays, space travel and remote sensing have helped us understand that Earth is neither flat nor the center of the solar system. If scientists simply accepted the aforementioned two theories, they would never uncover the truth. Some scientists continued to perform research and were able to prove that past theories were wrong.
Innovation starts when we question the norm. If people believed that running was the fastest form of transportation, discoveries such as vehicles would never have been created. The Wright Brothers understood that man does not have wings, but they believed in the possibility of flying and were able to design the prototype of modern airplanes. Doubt and skepticism are the drivers that promote societies to improve because they encourage people to throw aside conventional thinking and explore new methods to solve problems. Therefore, doubting accepted beliefs can help us uncover new discoveries.
Furthermore, information should be treated with skepticism because information may be altered on purpose or accidently. The world believed that Jesus was born approximately 2023 years ago and they use A.D. and B.C. to mark the calender year. However, historians have proposed the possibility that Jesus was actually born 6 years before 0 A.D. Regardless of the truth, this example demonstrates that even the most common information in our lives is not certain.
Some people may argue that not all information should be doubted. For example, they might affirm that water is salubrious to the human body and sugar is deleterious to health. However, if a physician blindly accepts these facts and refuse to interpret them closely, they would never be able to help some some patients with diabetes, who actually require a bit of sugar to stabalize their glucose. The aforesaid example reveals that although some knowledge are true, people should still remain flexible and not blindly adhere to them.
In conclusion, people should always remain skeptical for any type of information. This skepticism is crucial because new evidence or discovery can always prove any past understanding to be inaccurate. Furthermore, by questioning current knowledge, we have the possibility to optimize our technology instead of simply believing that no modifications can be made. Finally, skepticism is crucial because nothing is certain, particularly historical facts. By always questioning, we can always improve our understanding.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 507, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ve and avoid being blinded by our bias. Thousands of years ago, people believed ...
^^^^^
Line 2, column 597, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...to prove that past theories were wrong. Innovation starts when we question the n...
^^^^
Line 3, column 154, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[7]
Message: The adverb 'never' is usually put between 'have' and 'been'.
Suggestion: have never been
...ion, discoveries such as vehicles would never have been created. The Wright Brothers understood...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 229, Rule ID: CALENDER[1]
Message: Did you mean 'calendar', a system of organizing days? A 'calender' is a machine.
Suggestion: calendar
... and they use A.D. and B.C. to mark the calender year. However, historians have proposed...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 301, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: some
...osely, they would never be able to help some some patients with diabetes, who actually re...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, finally, furthermore, however, if, may, so, still, therefore, for example, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 58.6224719101 87% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2725.0 2235.4752809 122% => OK
No of words: 502.0 442.535393258 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.42828685259 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7334296765 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93959925666 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 261.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.519920318725 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 834.3 704.065955056 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.4415883415 60.3974514979 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.807692308 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3076923077 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.80769230769 5.21951772744 92% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.185002766224 0.243740707755 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0549568158833 0.0831039109588 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0672468725047 0.0758088955206 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0979572882582 0.150359130593 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0515472049955 0.0667264976115 77% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 14.1392134831 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.21 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.86 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 136.0 100.480337079 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 507, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ve and avoid being blinded by our bias. Thousands of years ago, people believed ...
^^^^^
Line 2, column 597, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...to prove that past theories were wrong. Innovation starts when we question the n...
^^^^
Line 3, column 154, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[7]
Message: The adverb 'never' is usually put between 'have' and 'been'.
Suggestion: have never been
...ion, discoveries such as vehicles would never have been created. The Wright Brothers understood...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 229, Rule ID: CALENDER[1]
Message: Did you mean 'calendar', a system of organizing days? A 'calender' is a machine.
Suggestion: calendar
... and they use A.D. and B.C. to mark the calender year. However, historians have proposed...
^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 301, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: some
...osely, they would never be able to help some some patients with diabetes, who actually re...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, finally, furthermore, however, if, may, so, still, therefore, for example, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 58.6224719101 87% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2725.0 2235.4752809 122% => OK
No of words: 502.0 442.535393258 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.42828685259 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.7334296765 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93959925666 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 261.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.519920318725 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 834.3 704.065955056 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.4415883415 60.3974514979 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.807692308 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3076923077 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.80769230769 5.21951772744 92% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.185002766224 0.243740707755 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0549568158833 0.0831039109588 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0672468725047 0.0758088955206 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0979572882582 0.150359130593 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0515472049955 0.0667264976115 77% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 14.1392134831 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.21 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.86 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 136.0 100.480337079 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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.