Governments should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific research and development.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In deve

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Governments should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific research and development.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.

Scientific research and development is a key component for the progress of mankind. It enables humans to answer the unanswered mysteries of nature, and quench their curiosity. It also actuates the growth of humans as intellectual beings. Without it, economies would stop growing and the cultivation of ideas and their applications and the proliferation of the world would become thwarted. Having said that, it might seem that all is well when it comes to scientific research and development. However, not every aspect of scientific research and development might be beneficial or desirable. Therefore, governments, should definitely have a say in the research and development that goes on within a country but only to the extent that seems necessary after a carefully considered tradeoff.

Scientific research and development encompasses a wide range of topics from physics, chemistry, biology, which form the basics of science as we perceive today, to much advanced areas like astrophysics, nuclear energy, and radioactivity. Not every field that constitutes scientific research should be freely pursued. For instance, we are very well aware that the Nuclear Arms Treaty enforces certain restrictions on the nuclear development and research that can be carried out in a particular nation. This is very important, especially because of the fact that developing arms, specifically nuclear arms, is a field of science that propagates violence, and advances in such fields can cause massive destruction and obliteration to various nations. If you look at the infamous atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, you can clearly conclude that there should be certain restrictions placed on certain areas of research which can cause destruction rather than benefit. It is also necessary to point out here, that if such advanced technology falls in the wrong hands, it can cause mass panic, even if nothing destructive takes place.

But, placing too many restrictions can be rather disadvantageous. Too many restrictions would make scientists lethargic to explore the mysterious areas of science that are less understood by mankind, as they would then have to go through a lot of official procedures to get permits and start research. Too many restrictions can also drive away the funding that goes into scientific research and development. Although, most importantly this could lead to reduced creativity in forming challenging hypothesis that would help scientists journey into the unknown. For example, if the government had many restrictions on carrying out research, you never know, which piece of technology would have never been developed. It could actually lead to the non-development of many useful technologies, which would then again have a negative impact on the growth of mankind. Imagine the telephone not being invented because Graham Bell was not permitted to carry out his development.

Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to carry out careful deliberations and reach a point of tradeoff. This tradeoff would essentially classify subjects which can do more harm than good as the ones on which restrictions need to be placed. This is important because a lot of scientists carry out individual research, and they would generally need to be prohibited to carry out research in those fields, because of a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, the research being used in the wrong way, or it falling into the wrong hands.

The recommendation pointed out in the issue, therefore, although necessary should be adopted only in certain scenarios after thoughtful consideration. As crucial as it may sound, scientific research has actually caused great amounts of mass destruction, for which I would like to form the opinion that governments should take into account all possible considerations before placing any restrictions, and should have a close eye on topics that can endanger the human race.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 161, Rule ID: TO_TOO[2]
Message: Did you mean 'too'?
Suggestion: too
...basics of science as we perceive today, to much advanced areas like astrophysics, ...
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Line 5, column 536, Rule ID: BECAUSE_OF_THE_FACT_THAT[1]
Message: This phrase is redundant. Use simply 'because'.
Suggestion: because
...ion. This is very important, especially because of the fact that developing arms, specifically nuclear a...
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Line 9, column 409, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Although” 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.
...to scientific research and development. Although, most importantly this could lead to re...
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Line 13, column 18, Rule ID: ABSOLUTELY_ESSENTIAL[1]
Message: Use simply 'necessary'.
Suggestion: necessary
... his development. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to carry out careful deliberations and ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, look, may, so, then, therefore, well, for example, for instance

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 32.0 12.4196629213 258% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 23.0 14.8657303371 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 24.0 11.3162921348 212% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 79.0 58.6224719101 135% => OK
Nominalization: 23.0 12.9106741573 178% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3326.0 2235.4752809 149% => OK
No of words: 614.0 442.535393258 139% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.41693811075 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.977853291 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05176265674 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 302.0 215.323595506 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.491856677524 0.4932671777 100% => OK
syllable_count: 1002.6 704.065955056 142% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 70.6081468387 60.3974514979 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 133.04 118.986275619 112% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.56 23.4991977007 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.88 5.21951772744 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => 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: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.210555790256 0.243740707755 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0620125703883 0.0831039109588 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.056909578533 0.0758088955206 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.122866596081 0.150359130593 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0338052067149 0.0667264976115 51% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 14.1392134831 116% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 48.8420337079 96% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.45 12.1639044944 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.89 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 158.0 100.480337079 157% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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