As more and more people are starting to agree that free will is a myth. Humans do not have free will but an illusion that free will exists encompasses a majority of the population.
I agree with the author's claim that our behaviour is largely determined by forces that we do not control. Numerous studies have found the majority of our life decisions depend on mainly two factors: one is a genetic influence and the other is our physical experiences. Our traits such as anxiety, courage, determination, intelligence are all controlled by our genes which have been confirmed by various identical twin studies. To illustrate, researchers conducted a study on identical twins separated at birth and lived in different conditions have a high correlation in IQ levels, emotional intelligence, weight and height and concluded a genetic influence on people's behaviour.
The other factor that is considered important for shaping our decisions is our experiences. People from different backgrounds of race, colour, creed, countries of origin and social status will undergo different experiences during their life. These experiences shape their choices and further success in life. We are mostly manipulated and biased in their decisions due to our experiences. The people we talk to, listen to and admire shape our opinions. For instance, a study published in Nature, states that students from economically privileged backgrounds are more likely to succeed in universities.
Another reason is that every person after a short period becomes ossified in his beliefs. A republican say would watch the news and read articles that reinforce his beliefs only and bash the opposing views. This produces an ideological echo chamber where the person is not willing to concede to facts and logical reasoning. Hence, his views have been distorted by serious propaganda by the media and his behaviour is not his chosen free will.
In conclusion, with the evidence provided above, I would say that forces other than our own largely determine our behaviour.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, hence, if, so, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 33.0505617978 106% => OK
Preposition: 36.0 58.6224719101 61% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1727.0 2235.4752809 77% => OK
No of words: 326.0 442.535393258 74% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.29754601227 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24917287072 4.55969084622 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.87774696657 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 187.0 215.323595506 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.573619631902 0.4932671777 116% => OK
syllable_count: 543.6 704.065955056 77% => 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: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
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: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 45.1613026007 60.3974514979 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.588235294 118.986275619 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1764705882 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.29411764706 5.21951772744 63% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0913625293096 0.243740707755 37% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.033022504291 0.0831039109588 40% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.049094686059 0.0758088955206 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0568195135267 0.150359130593 38% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0407813703266 0.0667264976115 61% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 14.1392134831 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.46 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.28 8.38706741573 111% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 100.480337079 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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