In any situation, progress requires discussion among people who have contrasting points of view.
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 role that discussion has in the advancement of a field is undeniable, this is why there are many conferences every year in different fields. However, what makes a discussion productive? Is it the sharing of ideas between people with the same perspectives? Or is there a need for a “devil’s advocate” to propel the discussion towards productivity? The prompt suggests that there is a need to have contrasting views for a discussion to be productive. In my opinion, this is a complex situation that requires thorough analysis, I will be providing my view on this issue in three paragraphs.
The quality of any discussion is dependent on the individuals involved in the discussion. Regardless of the topic of the conversation, often productive conversations are held by people that are knowledgeable about the topic. For instance, a conversation about the theory of relativity that is being discussed by footballers might not hold as much relevance as when it is discussed by physicists. In the same vein, if a group of artists are discussing about the relevance of the intensity of brush strokes to the depiction of objects in a painting and a dentist comes up with a contrasting view without any art background knowledge, his view will likely be inconsequential to the development of knowledge in that field. Hence, the quality of the opposing idea is very necessary when evaluating the importance of contrasting views to progress in a field.
Furthermore, for contrasting views to be play a paramount role in progress, it is necessary that the parties involved are receptive of opposing views. While contrasting views are very important to the formation of the exquisite ideas and strategies, it can also lead to rancor. In situations where the participants of a discussion are not receptive of opposing views, rather than leading to progress, opposing views will lead to fights which will hinder progress. If a group of people who have different views of a topic hold a discussion, it will only be effective if everyone in the group is freely allowed to express their opinions without fear of physical harm, harassments or abuse. In addition, they must also be willing to objectively evaluate the value of the opposing view. If all these are not present, then the discussion would most likely be futile.
The important of contrasting views to the progress of a discussion cannot be underestimated. In the House of Representatives and the Senate House of any nation, debates about laws are held by people with contrasting views, these views often help to create inclusion and relevance to a law before it can be passed. If these discussions are held by people with the same mindset, people who disagree with these mindset will be ostracized and maligned in society which is against the ethos of government. Similarly, in the scientific community, it is not uncommon to see professors who have contrasting views on a topic engage themselves in a panel discussion in order to evaluate the validity of the opposing view. Often times this leads to the birth of better ideas and inventions. Therefore, contrasting views often have positive effects on discussions, however, as stated above, it is not absolute and can be relative to the situation it is applied in.
In conclusion, the importance of contradictory views to the progress of a matter is a complex one. On the base level, it can be concluded that it is essential, however, the range of human interaction is often more complex.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 403, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this mindset' or 'these mindsets'?
Suggestion: this mindset; these mindsets
... same mindset, people who disagree with these mindset will be ostracized and maligned in soci...
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Line 9, column 224, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...uman interaction is often more complex.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, furthermore, hence, however, if, similarly, so, then, therefore, while, for instance, in addition, in conclusion, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 42.0 19.5258426966 215% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 14.8657303371 61% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 33.0505617978 103% => OK
Preposition: 98.0 58.6224719101 167% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 12.9106741573 132% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2925.0 2235.4752809 131% => OK
No of words: 582.0 442.535393258 132% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02577319588 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.91168771031 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.12812992016 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 250.0 215.323595506 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.429553264605 0.4932671777 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 933.3 704.065955056 133% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.2170433785 60.3974514979 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.0 118.986275619 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.28 23.4991977007 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.32 5.21951772744 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.83258426966 207% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.252963804223 0.243740707755 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0811002067802 0.0831039109588 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0482413550317 0.0758088955206 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.148666901268 0.150359130593 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0646319139423 0.0667264976115 97% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 14.1392134831 98% => 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: 12.19 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.49 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 137.0 100.480337079 136% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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