the best test of an argument is the argument's ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
The claim linking the persuasive power of an argument with its veracity standards, or the test, so to speak, is not necessarily true. And the reasoning to bolster this thinking that defending an idea from doubts is the pathway to discover its values is somewhat misplaced.
First, convincing a person with different even opposing mindset is no doubt a triumphal feat, but there is no guarantee that persuasion leads to disillusion. Medieval pulpits and religious pundits are perhaps the most convincing people in their time, instilling Christians the ‘truth’ that heaven is waiting good men above the cloud and inferno is prepared for the sinned. Believers value the whole edifice with extreme seriousness that they even debated about how many angels can be accommodated in the tip of a needle.
But we now know it’s all but a hoax and no dead were ever raised. Because debating and persuasion are inextricably tied to certain person with effective mouth, turning a million heads to conviction means anything but truth.
Conversely, the verisimilitude of an argument does not lend the power to converting minds. Sun-centered universe theory is quite closer to truth without a doubt, but earth-centered world seems a lot more logical and straight forward. Complicated calculations and numerous observations to support that sun-centered theory are absolutely certifiable, however, people that won’t listen do not listen. To test the effectiveness of any theory or argument means not to resort to public belief, but to endure nature’s unwavering proceeding, to see it’s next move and the next after it without stretching.
Moreover, recognizing the values of an idea by defending it could be dangerous to the real thought. Picking a predetermined stance and to defend it without thorough reckoning beforehand could leads to role playing. People at debate contest don’t need to believe what they defend, as long as they win the game. Plus, human behaviors are intrinsically based on emotional impulse, so that the disgust to defeat and possible humiliation inflicted could damage a lot to people’s ability to reason properly.
All being said, convincing people with contrasting views absolutely demonstrates the popularity of current ideas, while it may indicates the verity of those ideas, it’s unwise to extrapolate that acceptance to the range of truth and dictum.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 192, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'could' requires the base form of the verb: 'lead'
Suggestion: lead
...out thorough reckoning beforehand could leads to role playing. People at debate conte...
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Line 6, column 141, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...urrent ideas, while it may indicates the verity of those ideas, it’s unwise to ex...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, first, however, if, may, moreover, so, still, while, no doubt, so to speak
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 33.0505617978 73% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 58.6224719101 82% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2012.0 2235.4752809 90% => OK
No of words: 377.0 442.535393258 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.33687002653 5.05705443957 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4064143971 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97287490665 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 233.0 215.323595506 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.618037135279 0.4932671777 125% => OK
syllable_count: 614.7 704.065955056 87% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
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: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.4155499283 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.75 118.986275619 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.5625 23.4991977007 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.6875 5.21951772744 109% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.207267599077 0.243740707755 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0604868727645 0.0831039109588 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0721289151537 0.0758088955206 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0907110970997 0.150359130593 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.064663616175 0.0667264976115 97% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.5 14.1392134831 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.8420337079 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.99 12.1639044944 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.34 8.38706741573 111% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 100.480337079 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 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.