“Question authority. Only by accepted wisdom can we advance our understanding of the world.”
Questioning authority is frowned upon by many societies. In the past, it was even punishable but now people are allowed to voice out their concerns. Accepted wisdom come in many forms including tradition and shared knowledge. The above assertion states that we can advance in our understanding of knowledge only by accepted wisdom - I do not agree.
First of all, accepted wisdom is mostly limited. Accepting changes mostly goes a long way to positively cause effects and cause insight. In the study of the world, many discoveries are made that are out of the ordinary. Researchers will not be able to embrace the abnormality of the things they see if they only go by accepted wisdom.
In support of the above, the limitation that comes with accepted knowledge dwindles the objectivity of individuals. At the long run discovery is also hindered. Advancement in understanding the world has been seen in recent years because maverick scientists and researchers were open to new things. There are many theories in different areas of study that have been established. Tremendous things have been made with these theories which include theories of matter, electricity, electromagnetism, sociology, just to mention a few. Even though certain things are achieved when references are made from the past knowledge it does not have to end up clouding the judgement of whoever is involved.
Also when one compares the previous years to now, the changes that we see is because accepted wisdom was not made to be dogmatic. Humans did not stick to the knowledge of old but strived to make more meaning out of what is seen and heard. Being able to view the earth to be round was out of a lot of studies, objectivity and curiosity. Now satellites are launched into space for telecommunication purposes which could not have been thought of by a man in the 1500’s. Changes in technology; the use of internet to share information, food; fighting starvation by agricultural engineering, health; cure of killer diseases and infections, transport; man being able to fly and so many more would not have been achieved if man stuck to the accepted wisdom.
One may argue that, regarding the accepted wisdom and giving veneration to authority is the most important thing to do. It is a fact that many geniuses had to go against authority and the norms to come out with breath-taking inventions.
The hidden truth about knowledge can be accepted when we go beyond what is generally accepted. That can be done out of curiosity; accepting changes for more insight, being objective, and embracing things the way they are.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
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Message: “Even though” 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.
...tism, sociology, just to mention a few. Even though certain things are achieved when refere...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
...the judgement of whoever is involved. Also when one compares the previous years to...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, may, regarding, so, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.5258426966 174% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 33.0505617978 64% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2169.0 2235.4752809 97% => OK
No of words: 434.0 442.535393258 98% => OK
Chars per words: 4.99769585253 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.56428161445 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91537942264 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 222.0 215.323595506 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.511520737327 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 682.2 704.065955056 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 47.566171201 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.3043478261 118.986275619 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8695652174 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.34782608696 5.21951772744 45% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => 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: 0.2252168008 0.243740707755 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0622982922299 0.0831039109588 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0818581047662 0.0758088955206 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.117471804311 0.150359130593 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0653617027051 0.0667264976115 98% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 14.1392134831 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.17 8.38706741573 97% => OK
difficult_words: 100.0 100.480337079 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 11.8971910112 50% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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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