In today’s world, private companies rather than the government pay for and conduct most scientific research. Do you think the advantages outweigh disadvantages?
In today's world, private enterprises often assume responsibility for funding and conducting scientific research across various fields. While this trend has some benefits and has proven effective in urgent situations, its implications are far more significant and warrant closer examination.
Supporters of this trend highlight the enhanced collaboration and life-saving innovations that private companies contribute to society, especially in times of crisis. These companies often possess an abundance of resources, such as capital funding and cutting-edge technological equipment, allowing them to accelerate scientific advancements. For instance, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer partnered with a German biotechnology firm and successfully developed an anti-COVID vaccine within just three months. Consequently, this innovative medical development has saved millions of lives and contributed to global vaccination efforts. However, this is one of the exceptional cases of privately-driven research initiatives, as private companies often seek short-term gains and prioritize projects with high potential for lucrative returns, neglecting other vital research areas that are beneficial to society but not financially attractive; thus, this could potentially lead to biased or manipulated research outcomes.
Nevertheless, opponents of scientific research being mainly conducted by private companies argue that it has a high potential for unethical practices and inequalities in scientific research. Private corporations tend to be pressured by their shareholders or deluded CEOs to produce results quickly to gain immediate profits, consequently pushing them to conduct animal testing or data falsification. For example, the infamous Theranos corporation, founded by Elizabeth Holmes, was accused of unethical practices as they promised to revolutionize the medical testing industry with a technology that demands only a few drops of blood, but the reality proved disastrous. Investigations showed that they had conducted experiments on animals such as rabbits, rats, and dogs, which allegedly suffered or died due to inadequate procedures and inaccurate testing devices. Moreover, over-reliance on private companies might undermine the role of public research institutions, which have traditionally played a crucial role in contributing to scientific knowledge. This could lead to a widening gap between wealthy companies with research capabilities and those without resources, further exacerbating existing inequalities in the field of scientific research.
In conclusion, although private companies are undoubtedly significant contributors to scientific research and have achieved certain feats in improving global well-being, their potential implications are more profound and cannot be overlooked. It is essential to strike a balance between private and public research to ensure that scientific advancements are equitable, ethical, and serve the broader interests of society.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, consequently, however, if, look, moreover, nevertheless, so, thus, well, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 7.85571142285 51% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 10.4138276553 211% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 8.0 7.30460921844 110% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 24.0651302605 96% => OK
Preposition: 52.0 41.998997996 124% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 8.3376753507 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2622.0 1615.20841683 162% => OK
No of words: 414.0 315.596192385 131% => OK
Chars per words: 6.33333333333 5.12529762239 124% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51076378781 4.20363070211 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.34781214488 2.80592935109 119% => OK
Unique words: 254.0 176.041082164 144% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.613526570048 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 820.8 506.74238477 162% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 2.0 1.60771543086 124% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 60.0706990877 49.4020404114 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 174.8 106.682146367 164% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.6 20.7667163134 133% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.93333333333 7.06120827912 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.24959344966 0.244688304435 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0881127732804 0.084324248473 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0770815456203 0.0667982634062 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.156778625979 0.151304729494 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.025485209072 0.056905535591 45% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 22.2 13.0946893788 170% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 10.23 50.2224549098 20% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 14.6 7.44779559118 196% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 18.5 11.3001002004 164% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 19.73 12.4159519038 159% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 11.42 8.58950901804 133% => OK
difficult_words: 169.0 78.4519038076 215% => Less difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 9.78957915832 133% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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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.