“Scientific theories, which most people consider as ‘fact,’ almost invariably prove to be inaccurate. Thus, one should look upon any information described as ‘factual’ with skepticism since it may well be proven false in the future.”
Write an essay in which you take a position on the statement above. In developing and supporting your viewpoint, consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true.
It cannot be refuted that some scientific theories have been proven false since man started to better understand the world he lives in. And even though some are still viewed to be facts and others are not, it does not mean new scientific theories should not be given an iota of trust. The above assertion states that all information should be viewed with scepticism - I partly agree and partly disagree.
To begin with, many scientific theories that apply to nature and are proven can be trusted. For instance, Newton’s theories of motion; all three can be applied to daily events. Such a theory can be viewed without scepticism. The first one which says a body already in motion or a body that is still will not change its state unless an external force is applied to stop it or set it in motion. This is evidently true and cannot be rebutted. The second one that says that a force is directly proportional to the impulse of bodies, as well as the third that says action and reaction are equal and opposite are all evidently true.
In support of the above, scientific theories that are in use or have been used to create things can be viewed without scepticism. When a particular theory that has been proven factual is used for application in any invention, it is instantly viewed to be true. Take for example electromagnetism and electricity. These broad areas of science have proven theories that are used in various applications - from machines to the power we use on a daily basis. Electromagnetism tells us that when inductance developed in a magnetic material makes it capable of storing charges and additional force causes the charges to move, electricity is created. Undoubtedly, such a theory cannot be viewed with scepticism.
However, in the earlier times when the advent of technology had not reached this height and when proper equipment for experimenting and testing were not available, scientific theories were not fully trusted. It is convincing since professors that had to review such theories that came could not even make proper testing and evaluation as of today. The theory that the earth was flat had to be viewed with scepticism. On the contrary, today technology has made it simple. There are satellites dishes roaming in space, there are high electronic microscopes for researches and professors are able to make informed decisions of how factual a theory is today.
So even though certain information should be viewed with scepticism, theories that apply to life and events and those that are in use can be seen to be factual.
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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: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'make'?
Suggestion: make
...ctance developed in a magnetic material makes it capable of storing charges and addit...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, second, so, still, third, well, for example, for instance, as well as, on the contrary, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 41.0 19.5258426966 210% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 12.4196629213 105% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 11.3162921348 186% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 33.0505617978 100% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 58.6224719101 87% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2137.0 2235.4752809 96% => OK
No of words: 435.0 442.535393258 98% => OK
Chars per words: 4.91264367816 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.56690854021 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7421750694 2.79657885939 98% => OK
Unique words: 208.0 215.323595506 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.47816091954 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 673.2 704.065955056 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.9938416094 60.3974514979 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.761904762 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.7142857143 23.4991977007 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 5.21951772744 115% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.171582689728 0.243740707755 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0549043129504 0.0831039109588 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0448660801171 0.0758088955206 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.104282313077 0.150359130593 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0480873177042 0.0667264976115 72% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 14.1392134831 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.8420337079 122% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.2 12.1639044944 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.9 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 100.480337079 90% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.