Governments should not fund any scientific research whose consequences are unclear.
Scientific research doesn’t easily bracket itself into good or bad silos, indeed it is always at the border, ready to move in either direction based on who is steering the steed. To put a blanket ban on looking for something, which by its nature is still unknown, would only hamper the process of scientific inquiry.
The very purpose of science is to understand what is around us so as to be able to harness its secrets for the growth of mankind. Scientists toil in the domain of the unknown, often at great risk to their own person, to unravel the information and to use it to further the growth of human civilization. Madam Curie worked in the iridescent light of radioactive materials without knowing its consequences. Although she finally succumbed to the object of her study, it was not before she had done enough work to merit two Nobles. Had her research been prevented by the government because the consequences were not known, we would have continued in the dark even though surrounded by the iridescent radioactivity. Mankind, and science, have grown over the millennia because of the process of scientific inquiry which not only questioned the fire and the wind, but also the distant twinkling stars and their place in the larger scheme of things.
Not all scientific research is without its cons though. For every brilliant spot there is a Frankenstein lurking in the shadows. Nuclear research gave us unlimited energy while at the same time unleashing untold horrors in the form of weapons of mass destruction. Genetic research, while holding the promise of a disease-free future and bespoke genetic code, also has the fear of unethical research producing prodigious monsters. Computers and AI while promising a simpler life through their complex algorithms, have the potential of turning on the masters themselves.
While these illustrations highlight the need for governance and control, they should, by no means, prevent the growth and blossoming of scientific inquiry. As far as funding is concerned, motivated researchers will find their sources with or without the government. The need is for effective control mechanisms.
Scientific research, to quote Captain Kirk, is to take us where no man has been before. This freedom to explore and discover newer and better options for mankind comes at the risk of isolated harmful events or actors gone astray. But the few negative events should not hold the larger process of scientific inquiry to ransom. While governmental control is essential, instead of being restrictive, it may be coupled with prudence and self-restraint by the scientific community, to make sure that research progresses in the right direction and stays on track.
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- Governments should not fund any scientific research whose consequences are unclear. 83
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, if, look, may, so, still, while, as to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.4196629213 64% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 11.3162921348 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 26.0 33.0505617978 79% => OK
Preposition: 67.0 58.6224719101 114% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2288.0 2235.4752809 102% => OK
No of words: 442.0 442.535393258 100% => OK
Chars per words: 5.17647058824 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.58517132086 4.55969084622 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84482358542 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 258.0 215.323595506 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.58371040724 0.4932671777 118% => OK
syllable_count: 680.4 704.065955056 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.2757396763 60.3974514979 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.4 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1 23.4991977007 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.9 5.21951772744 56% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 11.0 7.80617977528 141% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.201790326511 0.243740707755 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0548241839322 0.0831039109588 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0532957622629 0.0758088955206 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.109968731238 0.150359130593 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0336196080366 0.0667264976115 50% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 14.1392134831 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.76 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.09 8.38706741573 108% => OK
difficult_words: 122.0 100.480337079 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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.