Claim: We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from those whose views contradict our own.
Reason: Disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
The author's claim that we can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than than from those whose views contradict our own is quiet debatable. It is always true that people of same sort of thinking norms form group and share the views and ideas. Hence when there is difference of opinions or thinking directions differ among the group, there may be likely that it would inhibit learning, and causes stress in the mind.
As we all know that "Birds of same kind flock together" is absolutely true without a doubt. That is the rule of the nature and it makes every organism on this earth to group with their similar creatures, may it be the appearance, thinking style and so on. Similarly, the human beings, who have the same way of thinking style usually stay together and form groups. For example, when the child is born, he or she will come to know his parents, and then gradually his or her family. Hence, at first, the child's group is his or her family. As the child grow, he makes friends in schools and colleges. Here the child will automatically find a friend whose ideas match with his or her ideas. As the rule of the nature the people stay together are driven by solidarity.
The solidarity among the people in a group make them get closer and share the views and ideas. We have seen many such examples in our social life that people who are driven by solidarity have given so many good things to the world. For example the entrepreneurs Packard and Hewlett were having common views and ideas. They also were good friends indeed. With their common views and ideas gave a business organization to this world that is Hewlett Packard. By sharing the views and ideas, it makes the people possible to do several things. So are our scientists with the share of knowledge and ideas have contributed so many to the world.
If there is a group with the people having different thinking views, it is likely to cause more disagreement. For example, if two people have different thinking views on a same aspect, the two people will start arguments and this may turn to separation of those two just because they did not share same views. It also lays stress in the mind which will make the thinking inhibit. Hence, people with the contradicting thinking styles will not stay together for long.
Although, the view that staying together with like-minded people is given the most importance, with the contradicting view will also have to be considered. Such a discussion is called dialectic discussion. In the early times there use to have such discussions to find out what is true. Perhaps, such contradicting views will only help is solving very few problems and such numbers are nominal.
Thus, in total, the author's statement and the reason for that claim is totally agreeable. In a nutshell, staying with the people who share new ideas give way to the new development of learning and inventions rather than staying with the people who do not share same views and ides.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 88, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: than
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...rm group and share the views and ideas. Hence when there is difference of opinions or...
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Line 3, column 697, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “As” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...hose ideas match with his or her ideas. As the rule of the nature the people stay ...
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Line 9, column 232, Rule ID: USE_TO_VERB[1]
Message: Did you mean 'used'?
Suggestion: used
...ic discussion. In the early times there use to have such discussions to find out wh...
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Line 11, column 21, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...ers are nominal. Thus, in total, the authors statement and the reason for that claim...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, if, may, similarly, so, then, thus, for example, sort of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 59.0 58.6224719101 101% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2482.0 2235.4752809 111% => OK
No of words: 526.0 442.535393258 119% => OK
Chars per words: 4.71863117871 5.05705443957 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.78901763229 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.44806985556 2.79657885939 88% => OK
Unique words: 227.0 215.323595506 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.431558935361 0.4932671777 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 745.2 704.065955056 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.3710191377 60.3974514979 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.6428571429 118.986275619 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7857142857 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.89285714286 5.21951772744 55% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => 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: 0.250544412694 0.243740707755 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0668985045755 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.103992313327 0.0758088955206 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.150870100353 0.150359130593 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.131875334391 0.0667264976115 198% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.2 14.1392134831 72% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 70.13 48.8420337079 144% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.9 12.1743820225 65% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.1 12.1639044944 83% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 6.93 8.38706741573 83% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 100.480337079 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 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.