Governments should not fund any scientific research whose consequences are unclear.Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should

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Governments should not fund any scientific research whose consequences are unclear.

Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position.

Scientific research is the backbone of a nation's development, thus government should make wise decisions on which research should get more importance and which should not be based on the country's need. The prompt suggests that the government should not fund any scientific research whose results are not clear. I mostly agree with the prompt and will elucidate my position with three reasons.

Firstly, Government funds come from the tax payer's money, so the government and the researchers are directly accountable for the wise use of those funds. If a particular research outcome is not directly or indirectly benefitting the general public, then it would be unwise for the government to spend that money on such research. For example, India is often criticized for funding it's space program ISRO, as in a country where millions of people are below the poverty line, how one can afford to invest in the space program since that is not directly benefitting the general public.

Secondly, it is highly probable for researchers who get government funds, to use it unwisely and in those places which not directly affecting their research. For example, one gets quite complacent when constant funding is coming, and he may use it on those things that are not relevant to his research, like buying fancy machines, equipment, etc. Thus, the government should also be careful in auditing such research.

Thirdly, the decision whether a research outcome is clear or not should be taken by those who understand that research, rather than some politicians. The government should direct this duty to institutions and universities so that they can clearly identify those research that is worthy of funding. Also, for any young researcher, the guidelines should be given by his superiors or guides to tackle only such problems that are relevant rather than wasting time and money on something that is either not relevant or not worth doing.

In conclusion, the decision whether particular scientific research has any real benefits or not for the nation should be made by the institution rather the government. And the researcher's position should always listen in that matter.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'nations'' or 'nation's'?
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Suggestion: public
...ce that is not directly benefitting the general public. Secondly, it is highly probable...
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...irectly benefitting the general public. Secondly, it is highly probable for rese...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, if, may, second, secondly, so, then, third, thirdly, thus, for example, in conclusion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 14.8657303371 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 33.0505617978 85% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 58.6224719101 51% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1834.0 2235.4752809 82% => OK
No of words: 352.0 442.535393258 80% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.21022727273 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.33147354134 4.55969084622 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71188693942 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 181.0 215.323595506 84% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.514204545455 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 547.2 704.065955056 78% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 6.24550561798 32% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 20.2370786517 69% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.8767171179 60.3974514979 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 131.0 118.986275619 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.1428571429 23.4991977007 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.64285714286 5.21951772744 146% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.223355598722 0.243740707755 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.101560584033 0.0831039109588 122% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.057684240411 0.0758088955206 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.149511986661 0.150359130593 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0510197033741 0.0667264976115 76% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 14.1392134831 111% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.33 8.38706741573 99% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 100.480337079 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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