Claim: The best test of an argument is its ability to convince someone with an opposing viewpoint.
Reason: Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea.
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.
In todays world there is an influx of ideas - both bad and good. To filter great idea from the rest we need an idea which is based on proofs that strengthen it validity. Therefore, it is true that a strong idea should be capable of convincing the dissenting group of its validity.
Firsly, science has come a long way where just presenting your hypothesis is not enough. A thesis should be following by set of empherical proofs that validate the idea. This is equivalent to saying that - a person positing an idea is forced to denfend his thesis against the contrasting views of other by the process presenting the proofs. In this way, the idea gains its validity and strength.
Secondly, in the process of denfending an idea, the person gains more insights into the idea. This helps in bolstering the hypothesis or transforming it. Either way, the resultant hypothesis gets stronger. Thus, the disagreemnt and the contrasting view help in strengthing the argument by the process of finding logical proofs that confirm the truth of the proposed idea.
On the otherhand, it is not always possible to defend an idea if the majority is reluctant to drop their belief or bias, even for a brief period. But this does not mean that the idea is necessarily bad. For instance, Galelio proposed that earth is not the centre of the universe and at that time no one was ready to accept his idea. But with time and advancements in tools, we were able to validate his idea. Again, many people even today believe that the earth is flat and the spherical image of our plant is computer generated; even though we have proofs that suggest otherwise. So the naivety or the reluctance of people to not accept an idea does not show that the idea is not valuble.
To sum up, the worth of an idea is based on the capacity with which it can defend itself. Strong ideas are based on proofs. The constant disagreement with the idea helps in filtering great ideas. A small idea can be turned into a big idea if it is able to withstand the contrasting views.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, thus, for instance, it is true, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 33.0505617978 100% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 58.6224719101 77% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1681.0 2235.4752809 75% => OK
No of words: 363.0 442.535393258 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.63085399449 5.05705443957 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.3649236973 4.55969084622 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52879235357 2.79657885939 90% => OK
Unique words: 180.0 215.323595506 84% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.495867768595 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 515.7 704.065955056 73% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59117977528 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.6191048534 60.3974514979 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 80.0476190476 118.986275619 67% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.2857142857 23.4991977007 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.2380952381 5.21951772744 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => 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: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.343313465437 0.243740707755 141% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.111479559541 0.0831039109588 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0671815639098 0.0758088955206 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.208886462072 0.150359130593 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0253609046653 0.0667264976115 38% => 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: 9.0 14.1392134831 64% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 71.14 48.8420337079 146% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.6 12.1743820225 62% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.28 12.1639044944 76% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.52 8.38706741573 90% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 100.480337079 70% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.7820224719 68% => The average readability is low. Need to imporve the language.
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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