As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
The advancement of technology has allowed people to retain a secure quality of living. From the microwave to the automobile, an abundant amount of different gadgets surround our daily lives. Since technological improvements have allowed us to take care of various tasks much easily than a few hundred years ago, some people have started to get the notion that an excessive reliance on technology will deteriorate humans' ability to think. At the outset, this seems like a legitimate claim, but in actuality, I believe that the need for humans to think more creatively and solve more complex issues has become a much more relevant issue than in the past.
Admittedly, the advent of a tremendous amount of different electronic appliances have allowed humans to readily solve their day-to-day problems. For example, the calculator can solve complex arithmetics with a simple touch of the button. It is tedious for people to manually add and subtract numbers if there is a long list of numbers to caculate. However, inordinate use of this tool can deteriorate people's ability to do simple math equations, which could be problematic if they wind up in a situation where the calculator is not available. Similar, but a more grave danger can arise in schoolwork. It is not uncommon to see many students handing in homework that is a plagiarism of another person's work. It has become extremely convenient for people to go online and purchase, or simply copy, what other people have written. This has become a serious problem in the educational system, because it infringes upon other people's copyrights, and deters students from contemplating on issues by themselves.
However, the aforementioned disadvantage is relatively minor to the benefits that technology has brought upon today's world. Compared to the age of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of the population today can live up to the average living standards due to the development of technology. While it was more vital for people to maintain a living as equal to other people in the past, since this goal has more or less been achieved in most parts of the world, being different has become the rising focus of interest. Creativity is valued more than ever, and copious amounts of people are finding ways to stand out from others. For example, companies are trying to market their products as unique, and so many people are making Youtube videos that can catch people's eye. Regarding Youtube contents, creators are trying to provide materials that are new and different, because it is what more people are fascinated about today. Therefore, the need for people to think more creatively has become more germane than ever.
Also, technological advances have made all learning materials more complicated, which means that humanity's ability to think will become more sophisticated. People have made inventions and discoveries that were unthinkable just a few hundred years ago; we now are able to fly, we can drive long distances, and we can talk to people in other countries with the use of the telephone. The various convenient devices have put forth more challenging tasks for people, such as space exploration and autonomous cars. This means that technology has become more sophisticated, and people will have to think more intensely to figure out how to make new technological achievements.
In conclusion, technology will rather make people think more intensely than ever. It is a misnotion if people believe the opposite.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, regarding, so, therefore, while, for example, in conclusion, such as, more or less
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 79.0 58.6224719101 135% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2930.0 2235.4752809 131% => OK
No of words: 570.0 442.535393258 129% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14035087719 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.88617158649 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84290870169 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 285.0 215.323595506 132% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 956.7 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.47542663 60.3974514979 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.2 118.986275619 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.8 23.4991977007 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.24 5.21951772744 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => 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: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.276026007564 0.243740707755 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0837645561805 0.0831039109588 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0655336953934 0.0758088955206 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.177709703106 0.150359130593 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0278117031766 0.0667264976115 42% => 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: 14.2 14.1392134831 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 48.8420337079 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.1743820225 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.83 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.86 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 149.0 100.480337079 148% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 11.8971910112 130% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.83 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.25 Out of 6
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