Passion is clearly necessary for a truly great
idea to take hold among a people—passion either
on the part of the original thinker, the audience,
or ideally both. The claim that the most lucrative
subject matter for inspiring great ideas is
“commonplace things” may seem initially to be
counterintuitive. After all, aren’t great ideas
usually marked by their extraordinary character?
While this is true, their extraordinary character is
as often as not directly derived from their insight
into things that had theretofore gone
unquestioned. While great ideas certainly can arise
through seemingly pure innovation... say, for
example, Big Bang cosmology, which developed
nearly all of its own scientific and philosophical
precepts through its own process of formation,
it is nevertheless equally true that such
groundbreaking thought was, and is, still largely
a reevaluation of previous assumptions to a radical
degree... after all, the question of the ultimate
nature of the universe, and man’s place in it,
has been central to human thought since the dawn
of time. Commonplace things are, additionally,
necessary as material for the generation of
“the best ideas” since certainly the success among
an audience must be considered in evaluating the
significance and quality of an idea.
The advent of Big Bang cosmology, which
occured in rudimentary form almost immediately
upon Edwin Hubble’s first observations at the
Hooker telescope in California during the early
20th century, was the most significant advance
in mankind’s understanding of the universe in
over 400 years. The seemingly simple fact that
everything in the universe, on the very large
scale, is moving away from everything else in fact
betrays nearly all of our scientific knowledge of
the origins and mechanics of the universe. This
slight, one might even say commonplace,
distortion of tint on a handful of photographic
plates carried with it the greatest challenge
to Man’s general, often religiously reinforced,
conception of the nature of the world to an extent
not seen since the days of Galileo. Not even
Charles Darwin’s theory, though it created more
of a stir than Big Bang cosmology, had such
shattering implications for our conceptions of
the nature of our reality. Yet it is not significant
because it introduced the question of the nature
of what lies beyond Man’s grasp. A tremendous
number of megalithic ruins, including the Pyramids
both of Mexico and Egypt, Stonehenge, and others,
indicate that this question has been foremost on
humankind’s collective mind since time
immemorial. Big Bang cosmology is so incredibly
significant in this line of reasoning exactly because
of the degree to which it changed the direction of
this generally held, constantly pondered, and very
ancient train of thought.
Additionally, there is a diachronic significance
to the advent of Big Bang cosmology, which is
that, disregarding limitations such as the quality
of optical devices available and the state of
theoretical math, it could have happened at any
point in time. That is to say, all evidence points
to roughly the same raw intellectual capacity for
homo sapiens throughout our history, our progress
has merely depended upon the degree of it that
a person happens to inherit, a pace that has been
increasing rapidly since the industrial revolution.
Yet this discovery had to happen at a certain point
in time or another—it cannot have been happening
constantly or have never happened yet still be
present—and this point in time does have its own
significance. That significance is precisely the fact
that the aforementioned advent must have
occurred at precisely the point in time at which it
truly could have occured—that is to say, it marks
the point in our history when we had progressed
sufficiently to begin examining, with remarkable
substantiated acuity, the workings of the universe
across distances that would take millions of human
lifetimes to reach or to traverse. The point for the
success of this advent must necessarily have been,
additionally, the point at which the audience
concerned was capable and prepared to accept
such a radical line of reasoning.
Both factors, a radical, passionate
interpretation of the commonplace and the
preparedness to accept such an interpretation,
are necessary for the formulation of a truly great
idea. If the passion is absent from an inquiry by
the thinker or by the bulk of an audience, the idea
will die out if it comes to fruition at all. If the
material is not sufficiently commonplace to be
considered by an informed audience of sufficient
size, the same two hazards exist. Given these
two factors, the idea must still be found palatable
and interesting by the audience if it is to hope to
gain a foothold and eventually establish itself in
a significant fashion.
- Claim: Imagination is a more valuable asset than experience.Reason: People who lack experience are free to imagine what is possible without the constraints of established habits and attitudes.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you a 62
- No field of study can advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study. 58
- When old buildings stand on ground that modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes, modern development should be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings. 66
- GRE Issue:Claim: The surest indicator of a great nation must be the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists.Reason: Great achievements by a nation's rulers, artists, or scientists will ensure a good life for the majority of that nation's people 50
- The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things.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 developing and supporting you 66
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, if, may, nevertheless, regarding, so, still, while, after all, in fact, such as, that is to say
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.5258426966 164% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 33.0505617978 151% => OK
Preposition: 120.0 58.6224719101 205% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 27.0 12.9106741573 209% => Less nominalization wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 4291.0 2235.4752809 192% => OK
No of words: 775.0 442.535393258 175% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.53677419355 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.27625073458 4.55969084622 116% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.22166030321 2.79657885939 115% => OK
Unique words: 373.0 215.323595506 173% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.481290322581 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 1300.5 704.065955056 185% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Interrogative: 0.0 0.740449438202 0% => OK
Article: 23.0 4.99550561798 460% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 10.0 3.10617977528 322% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 21.0 4.38483146067 479% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 32.0 23.0359550562 139% => OK
Sentence length SD: 78.3186156387 60.3974514979 130% => OK
Chars per sentence: 178.791666667 118.986275619 150% => OK
Words per sentence: 32.2916666667 23.4991977007 137% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.25 5.21951772744 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 101.0 4.97078651685 2032% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.106769870564 0.243740707755 44% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0342131878496 0.0831039109588 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0254367979283 0.0758088955206 34% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0174471565783 0.150359130593 12% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0274479225198 0.0667264976115 41% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 20.8 14.1392134831 147% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 30.54 48.8420337079 63% => It means the essay is relatively harder to read.
smog_index: 13.0 7.92365168539 164% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 17.0 12.1743820225 140% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.44 12.1639044944 127% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.4 8.38706741573 112% => OK
difficult_words: 205.0 100.480337079 204% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.8 11.2143820225 132% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.