The author of the prompt has argued that scientists should primarily focus their research on areas that are likely to bring the most benefits to people. In a qualified manner, I agreed with this general argument: although I note that sometimes scientists should venture onto obscure areas of knowledge that may not be very relevant for societal well-being, I highlight the reasons as to why scientists should focus on socially relevant research.
First, it is clear that scientific research needs to be socially relevant if it is to gain widespread acceptance amongst the public. The latter, in turn, cannot be achieved as long as scientific research is not directed at beneficial causes. Cancer research, for instance, is an unquestionably noble endeavor on the part of the scientists, primarily since so many people die of cancer every year. People undoubtedly admire medical scientists' painstaking research in this field, thereby giving scientific research the honor it deserves. On the other hand, if scientific research was primarily directed at matters of the past, the existence of dinosaurs for instance, then scientists would be primarily perceived as historians rather than as people who are able to address contemporary, pressing issues. Thus, it is imperative that scientific research address societal matters and thereby achieves widespread legitimacy amongst the public.
Second, it is undoubtedly true that the more relevant scientific research remains, the more it is able to attract the crucial fundings that are required to carry out any serious project. Indeed, how may projects have been undermined, or never even undertaken, just because scientists were unable to convince the public of the relevancy of their research, and thereby collect the funds necessary for the projects' success. Clearly, if we are to gain any valuable results from scientific research, then scientists have to have the equipments and other necessities that are required for their projects; they cannot achieve these necessities unless they focus on socially relevant projects that gain widespread acceptance.
On a final note, I should say that it is true that scientists should also research on topics that may not be directly linked to societal well-being. In this sense, space research, for instance, which many deem to be irrelevant, should be carried out. Indeed, it is necessary to increase our knowledge of science and we will be limited in our expansion of knowledge if we were to focus on only socially-relevant causes. Undoubtedly, scientific knowledge that may seem irrelevant now may very well become relevant in the future.
Overall, however, it remains the case that scientific research should primarily be directed at socially- relevant causes in order to gain the widespread acceptance and funding required for science to flourish; rarely should scientists venture onto research that is not related to the contemporary well-being of society.
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- Essay topic: In surveys Mason City residents rank water sports (swimming, boating, and fishing) among their favorite recreational activities. The Mason River flowing through the city is rarely used for these pursuits, however, and the city park department 26
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- Scientists and other researchers should focus their research on areas that are likely to benefit the greatest number of people. 54
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, may, second, so, then, thus, well, as to, for instance, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 31.0 19.5258426966 159% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 14.8657303371 40% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 55.0 58.6224719101 94% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2504.0 2235.4752809 112% => OK
No of words: 461.0 442.535393258 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.431670282 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.63367139033 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91393381877 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 214.0 215.323595506 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.46420824295 0.4932671777 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 761.4 704.065955056 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.2370786517 79% => 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: 28.0 23.0359550562 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 71.1458668863 60.3974514979 118% => OK
Chars per sentence: 156.5 118.986275619 132% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.8125 23.4991977007 123% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.9375 5.21951772744 133% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.337569127302 0.243740707755 138% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.132908784663 0.0831039109588 160% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.11442753951 0.0758088955206 151% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.214979804876 0.150359130593 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.103053043449 0.0667264976115 154% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.6 14.1392134831 132% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 34.6 48.8420337079 71% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 12.1743820225 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.81 12.1639044944 122% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.79 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 110.0 100.480337079 109% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 11.2143820225 118% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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