As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take.

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As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.

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 your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

The rapid development and diffusion of technology in the modern era has sparked debates on whether humans' growing reliance on technology could limit their capacity to think and problem-solve. among other areas. A oft-cited example is how our dependence on calculators has eroded our ability to carry out basic arithmetic calculations. At its extreme, however, this idea gives way to fears surrounding the rise of robots with advancements in artificial intelligence, among other areas. Nevertheless, this is a flawed idea that overlooks several facts.

First, technology development is itself driven by humans' ability to think creatively to solve complex problems. For instance, both the invention of the wheel during the ancient era and that of Uber in the present have aimed to enable easier transportation. Advancements in the field require skilled humans who can not only think for themselves but for humanity in order to invent the "next big thing."

Second, while not everyone may work in scientific or technical fields, most professionals use technological tools to enable greater productivity in the work place. For instance, financial traders use software to crunch astronomical amounts of data using complex mathematical functions. On the one hand, it is true that they, along with data analysts across other fields, rely on software programs to compute data. On the other hand, they perform a far more important function - to identify data that is relevant to the problem at hand and consider the best way to manipulate it.

Finally, at a far more general level, one may argue that the information age has transformed humans into passive consumers. The impact of fallacious "news" certainly suggests this. However, this is just one side of the story. While it is important to explore options to limit its harmful effects, access to information - from the headlines of the day to information about educational and professional opportunities coupled with access to digital repositories of academic studies - has also empowered humans to make more informed decisions.

In conclusion, while it presents certain challenges, technology fundamentally empowers humans to better think for themselves. It is true that we increasingly depend on devices to help us perform basic tasks, from mathematical calculations to looking up facts, this has freed our minds to instead focus on higher-order tasks.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: Among
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Suggestion: An
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Suggestion: humans'; human's
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, look, may, nevertheless, second, so, while, for instance, in conclusion, it is true, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 19.5258426966 41% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 12.4196629213 32% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 14.8657303371 47% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 29.0 33.0505617978 88% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2063.0 2235.4752809 92% => OK
No of words: 375.0 442.535393258 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.50133333333 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40055868397 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.14140601241 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 222.0 215.323595506 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.592 0.4932671777 120% => OK
syllable_count: 651.6 704.065955056 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 20.2370786517 84% => 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: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 79.7511267289 60.3974514979 132% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.352941176 118.986275619 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0588235294 23.4991977007 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.35294117647 5.21951772744 160% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 5.13820224719 19% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.176953982397 0.243740707755 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0499618248504 0.0831039109588 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0510883240504 0.0758088955206 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0939126294176 0.150359130593 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0550716979102 0.0667264976115 83% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.5 14.1392134831 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 48.8420337079 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.1743820225 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.62 12.1639044944 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.95 8.38706741573 119% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 Out of 6
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