The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things.
Certainly, discoveries, inventions and innovations that revolutionized the world and gave new heights to human knowledge fall in the category of best ideas. The author contends that these ideas were a product of man’s ‘passionate interest’ and ‘commonplace things’. Given that commonplace things, as such, include commonplace objects in nature and surroundings, commonplace necessities, commonplace observations, etc. the statement holds true to a good extent. However, while passionate interest and commonplace things are the source of ideas, the checklist has more elements for those ideas to evolve and survive.
The most compelling argument to substantiate the author’s statement deals with myriad enthralling inventions having their genesis in commonplace natural objects and commonplace necessities. From prehistoric times, men have taken inspiration from nature to devise ingenious solutions to fulfil his basic needs. The invention of sharp hunting tools in stone-age was motivated from claws of predatory animals. Fast forward to the twentieth century, the idea of hypodermic needles was rooted in the snake fangs. Apart from natural objects, as also evident in the previous examples, commonplace necessities have also been a driving force for many stalwart ideas corroborating the adage that ‘necessity is the mother of invention’. Edison was simply afraid of darkness for in childhood his elder brother used to lock him in the closet. This commonplace need to spell away darkness drove him to find a solution ‘the light bulb’. Even in this net age, many forest tribes mimic natural sounds especially predatory calls for securing sustenance. Similarly, there are numerous examples of biologists, artists, inventors and even common men deciphering great ideas out of commonplace objects due to commonplace needs.
Beside the availability of commonplace things, as the author claims, passionate interest is also a requisite to extract ideas from them. The laws of nature have been governing various commonplace natural processes since the beginning of life or universe. Yet they could only be discovered when an observant mind found obsession with their working principle. For example, apple trees and the phenomena of objects falling towards the earth are universal as well as primordial. It is also safe to claim that human was endowed with great minds prior to Newton also. Therefore, the difference that led to the discovery of gravity was his passionate interest in the commonplace observation about a mundane apple.
However, beyond passionate interest and commonplace things, there are additional requisites for great ideas to emerge and survive. Considering the same example of Newton’s discovery of gravity, it still needed an analytical and creative mind of Newton to evolve that idea into ‘Laws of Gravitational force’ encompassing more than an apple tree and extending up to the far end of the Universe. Similarly the courage to experiment and face failure is other rudimentary requirement to invent great ideas. Had Wright brothers not dared to risk their lives and reputation by experimenting with their proto-type; commonplace birds would have never inspired one of the greatest modern inventions. Some people argue that there several examples of great discoveries appearing to be a pure product of human creativity and rigorous scientific experiments. For instance, the discovery of Higgs-Boson particle is attributed to the sophisticated large hadron collider at CERN and not to a commonplace thing. Yet they fail to recognize the commonplace motive behind such discoveries which is to advance human knowledge and improve the quality of the life.
In conclusion, given the role played by commonplace natural objects and phenomena, needs and queries, the statement is true in its assertion that ‘passionate interest’ and ‘commonplace things’ have been the fundamental subject matter behind many great ideas. However, it is also true that mental acuity, perspicacity and analytical ability of the observer are also important to extrapolate those ideas into meaningful theories, inventions and discoveries.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 143, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[4]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'of the best'.
Suggestion: of the best
...to human knowledge fall in the category of best ideas. The author contends that these i...
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Line 5, column 558, Rule ID: ALSO_SENT_END[1]
Message: 'Also' is not used at the end of the sentence. Use 'as well' instead.
Suggestion: as well
...ndowed with great minds prior to Newton also. Therefore, the difference that led to ...
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Line 7, column 394, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Similarly,
...ding up to the far end of the Universe. Similarly the courage to experiment and face fail...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, similarly, so, still, therefore, well, while, apart from, as to, for example, for instance, in conclusion, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 12.4196629213 24% => OK
Conjunction : 26.0 14.8657303371 175% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 87.0 58.6224719101 148% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3548.0 2235.4752809 159% => OK
No of words: 627.0 442.535393258 142% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.65869218501 5.05705443957 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.00399520894 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.08508527771 2.79657885939 110% => OK
Unique words: 338.0 215.323595506 157% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.539074960128 0.4932671777 109% => OK
syllable_count: 1117.8 704.065955056 159% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.1153959697 60.3974514979 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.344827586 118.986275619 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6206896552 23.4991977007 92% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.86206896552 5.21951772744 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 23.0 10.2758426966 224% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.352710088799 0.243740707755 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.093930239197 0.0831039109588 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102753458782 0.0758088955206 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.219725771765 0.150359130593 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0869186072223 0.0667264976115 130% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.0 14.1392134831 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 33.24 48.8420337079 68% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.1743820225 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.55 12.1639044944 128% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.24 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 181.0 100.480337079 180% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => 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.