The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar
Knowledge refers to being aware or being informed about a particular subject, topic, or occurrence. As a result, knowledge is touted as a praiseworthy attribute as opposed to ignorance. However, in becoming informed about a particular subject, rejection of the familiar need not be a key component.
Many of the world's brightest thought leaders have been celebrated based on their abilities to follow through requisite process of becoming knowledgeable. First of which is the acknowledgment of one's ignorance about a particular subject. In doing so, one becomes free of the popular Dunning-Kruger effect - the illusory claim to knowledge, when in reality one does not know. This is very important in subject matters that require a deep level of understanding. For instance, in trying to become knowledgeable about the Medical profession, one does not reject familiar methods of treating and diagnosing patients that have become sturdy having faced rigorous processes before being ascertained. Rejecting the familiar in this scenario might have a negative effect as compared to standing on the familiarity of what has been tested and trusted for several numbers of years.
Also, in the scientific realm, the steps to attaining knowledge are clearly itemized. One does not prove anything by beginning one's journey in physics by rejecting Einstein's popular energy equation or the famous Newton's Law of motion. Rather, one starts by becoming well informed about the subject matter and further solidifying one's knowledge by juxtaposing other related contributions on the subject matter and then relies on which of the body of knowledge presents a surfeit of evidence in favor of their position. Again, rejection of the familiar in this case would not be beneficial.
Conversely, in fields of knowledge that relies on creative imagination or such that allows disruptive innovation, rejection of the familiar might be very effective. How does one explain the successes of Tesla if the founder himself hasn't found a way to reject the familiar narrative of making products that relies on fuels? To buttress this, what is actually meant is that rejection of the familiar might actually be advantageous to one's ability to be an independent thinker.
Conclusively, in regimented fields of knowledge, rejection of the familiar might not be effective. Rather reliance on available knowledge is key to becoming knowledgeable.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 13, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[2]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'worlds the brightest'.
Suggestion: worlds the brightest
...not be a key component. Many of the worlds brightest thought leaders have been celebrated ba...
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Line 3, column 195, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...First of which is the acknowledgment of ones ignorance about a particular subject. I...
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Line 5, column 164, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ing ones journey in physics by rejecting Einsteins popular energy equation or the...
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Line 5, column 331, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
... subject matter and further solidifying ones knowledge by juxtaposing other related ...
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Line 7, column 12, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... would not be beneficial. Conversely, in fields of knowledge that relies on cr...
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Line 7, column 234, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: hasn't
...ccesses of Tesla if the founder himself hasnt found a way to reject the familiar narr...
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Line 7, column 435, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...iliar might actually be advantageous to ones ability to be an independent thinker. ...
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Line 9, column 100, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Rather,
...of the familiar might not be effective. Rather reliance on available knowledge is key ...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, conversely, first, however, if, so, then, well, for instance, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 14.8657303371 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 33.0505617978 39% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2047.0 2235.4752809 92% => OK
No of words: 377.0 442.535393258 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.42970822281 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4064143971 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.04719762114 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 196.0 215.323595506 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.519893899204 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 646.2 704.065955056 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.0755938196 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.722222222 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9444444444 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.22222222222 5.21951772744 100% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 7.80617977528 102% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => 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: 0.284411426672 0.243740707755 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0976746533317 0.0831039109588 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0590385960132 0.0758088955206 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.175665866689 0.150359130593 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0254750692086 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: 14.6 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.8420337079 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.21 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.36 8.38706741573 112% => OK
difficult_words: 113.0 100.480337079 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 13, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[2]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'worlds the brightest'.
Suggestion: worlds the brightest
...not be a key component. Many of the worlds brightest thought leaders have been celebrated ba...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 195, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...First of which is the acknowledgment of ones ignorance about a particular subject. I...
^^^^
Line 5, column 164, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ing ones journey in physics by rejecting Einsteins popular energy equation or the...
^^
Line 5, column 331, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
... subject matter and further solidifying ones knowledge by juxtaposing other related ...
^^^^
Line 7, column 12, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... would not be beneficial. Conversely, in fields of knowledge that relies on cr...
^^
Line 7, column 234, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: hasn't
...ccesses of Tesla if the founder himself hasnt found a way to reject the familiar narr...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 435, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...iliar might actually be advantageous to ones ability to be an independent thinker. ...
^^^^
Line 9, column 100, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Rather,
...of the familiar might not be effective. Rather reliance on available knowledge is key ...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, conversely, first, however, if, so, then, well, for instance, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 14.8657303371 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 33.0505617978 39% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2047.0 2235.4752809 92% => OK
No of words: 377.0 442.535393258 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.42970822281 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4064143971 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.04719762114 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 196.0 215.323595506 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.519893899204 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 646.2 704.065955056 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.0755938196 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.722222222 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9444444444 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.22222222222 5.21951772744 100% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 7.80617977528 102% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => 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: 0.284411426672 0.243740707755 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0976746533317 0.0831039109588 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0590385960132 0.0758088955206 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.175665866689 0.150359130593 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0254750692086 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: 14.6 14.1392134831 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 48.8420337079 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.21 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.36 8.38706741573 112% => OK
difficult_words: 113.0 100.480337079 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.