Claim Any piece of information referred to as a fact should be mistrusted since it may well be proven false in the future Reason Much of the information that people assume is factual actually turns out to be inaccurate Write a response in which you discus | TOEFL IELTS GMAT GRE SAT ACT PTE ESL

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Claim: Any piece of information referred to as a fact should be mistrusted, since it may well be proven false in the future.

Reason: Much of the information that people assume is factual actually turns out to be inaccurate.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.

The author makes a bold claim to which he or she believes that any piece of information must be impugned due to the assumption that this truth may turn out to be inaccurate. However, the reasoning used to bolster this claim is subjective. I mostly disagree with opinion of this author.

To begin with, in some cases or fields it might be a sagacious choice to mistrust facts. It is imperative to make our own assumptions, especially, on things that seem arcane to our views. With this in mind a deeper understanding and appreciation is born. For example, Albert Einstein proposed in the early 1900’s that the theory of general relativity applied to the fabric of space and time as well to the microscopic world, but after various scientists not accepting this fact quantum mechanics was born. This nascent field has become conducive in helping humanity through nuclear medicine and energy. In this scenario we can see the advantage of repudiating select facts.

However, while a reasonable person might agree that keeping an open mind and refuting stated facts by others is a sedulous effort, actually this might not always be the right approach. For one thing, to author claims that much of the facts turn out to be false, this is a little extreme. If most things were not true, we would see no progress in many fields. For instance, recently there has been a large consensus that the planet earth is not a sphere but rather flat. In these cases the stated fact that has been ironclad by astronomy experts is being ignored. The have irrefutable data that makes this an universal truth. We can see the detrimental effects of questioning such facts has on our community. No progress would be made if we were to flat out mistrust all facts.

Furthermore, factual evidence that is irrefutable by replicating identical results can be considered an undeniable fact. So, the claim that most truths are mostly inaccurate is a fallacy. Sure, old facts can change through time thanks to the advancement of new applications such as technology or mathematics. Therefore, new discoveries are made, but the fundamental verity is still the pillar that holds this new certainty. For instance, Mendelian genetics was very rudimentary but through experiments with pea plants this was an unassailable fact that genes played a role in phenotypes. However, with the advancement of molecular genetics we learned new discoveries that added a cogent understand of the principles of DNA replication to the translation of mRNA molecules to proteins. This new finding does not make Mendel’s facts false but rather explains the unknown mechanics of an esoteric subject that lacked modern methods.

Conclusively, while it is wise to keep an open mind and challenge some facts that are circulating, this is not always the right approach to veracious claims that can be backed by irrefutable evidence. It is more important to know what claims to challenge and which to accept with confidence with the backing of experts in that field.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 606, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, furthermore, however, if, may, so, still, therefore, well, while, for example, for instance, such as, for one thing, in some cases, to begin with

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.5258426966 164% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 48.0 33.0505617978 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 64.0 58.6224719101 109% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2519.0 2235.4752809 113% => OK
No of words: 504.0 442.535393258 114% => OK
Chars per words: 4.99801587302 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.73813722054 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.80103571057 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 263.0 215.323595506 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.521825396825 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 772.2 704.065955056 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 51.4446476822 60.3974514979 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.8846153846 118.986275619 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3846153846 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.15384615385 5.21951772744 118% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.213779538881 0.243740707755 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0582723599677 0.0831039109588 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0758389796268 0.0758088955206 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.131638318883 0.150359130593 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0733777350983 0.0667264976115 110% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 48.8420337079 124% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.46 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, furthermore, however, if, may, so, still, therefore, well, while, for example, for instance, such as, for one thing, in some cases, to begin with

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments