Question authority. Only by questioning accepted wisdom can we advance our understanding of life.
Life is full of accepted ideas, beliefs and facts which are known to us by our ancestors since the beginning of time. These ever accepted beliefs shape our understanding of our life and hence constitute the wisdom of the mankind. However, the author claims that we need to question these accepted wisdom in order to advance our understanding of life. We need to deviate from the facts and beliefs which have been known to us from our ancestors. Only then we can achieve some advancements in various fields.
If we look at the field of science, we will find many examples where advancements were achieved by questioning the accepted wisdom. Darwin’s theory of evolution gave way to a new understanding of evolution of mankind. It proved that apes were the ancestors of mankind. Although, this theory was opposed by public in the beginning but later it was readily accepted by the world due to the solid ground it holds. Similarly, Copernicus discovered that the Earth goes around the Sun and not vice versa gave way to the new understanding of the rotation and revolution of Earth in the solar system. This theory was at first opposed by churches for many years but Copernicus could give proper scientific explanations to prove his theory. All the examples indicate that we definitely need to deviate from the ideas, beliefs, facts and ideologies which are known to us from years in order to achieve advancements in various fields. Also, questioning the accepted wisdom open doors of development in various fields.
However, there are also instances where questioning the accepted wisdom proved to be an attack on the ever accepted traditions and beliefs. Consider the example of religion where many people questioned the existence of God claiming that God actually doesn’t exist. Such questioning proved to be baneful as various religious leaders and followers condemned them for such remarks about the existence of God. Similarly, there was a recent judgement by the Supreme Court of India which permitted the entry of women of menstrual age in the shrine of Sabarimala Temple in the Indian state of Kerala which was earlier prohibited due to celibate nature of the deity. As, a result there was widespread violence in the state of Kerala and attacks on women activists who attempted to enter the holy shrine. As a result, questioning the accepted beliefs and traditions proved to be harmful for the mankind.
Hence, I conclude by stating that it is important to question authority by challenging the accepted beliefs, ideologies and facts in order to advance and pave the way for development in different fields. However, to challenge those accepted wisdom we need to present our claims with some solid grounds and provide enough explanations with best approach to prove our claims. Only in this way we can alter the accepted wisdom which serves to achieve a better understanding of life.
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| 2019-01-22 | shouvik ash | 54 | view |
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 335, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[4]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'with the best'.
Suggestion: with the best
...grounds and provide enough explanations with best approach to prove our claims. Only in t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, hence, however, if, look, similarly, so, then, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 81.0 58.6224719101 138% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2430.0 2235.4752809 109% => OK
No of words: 482.0 442.535393258 109% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04149377593 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68556276237 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76759752878 2.79657885939 99% => OK
Unique words: 212.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.439834024896 0.4932671777 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 762.3 704.065955056 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.2927265229 60.3974514979 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.454545455 118.986275619 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9090909091 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.90909090909 5.21951772744 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => 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: 0.423933581676 0.243740707755 174% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.134910759012 0.0831039109588 162% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.126253844109 0.0758088955206 167% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.294591317706 0.150359130593 196% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.125136753837 0.0667264976115 188% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 14.1392134831 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.95 12.1639044944 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.89 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 98.0 100.480337079 98% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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