Governments should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific research and development.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In deve

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Governments should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific research and development.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.

It has been debated for a long time whether government should pose constraints on the development of science. Some worries that unrestricted scientific development may eventually be turned against the benefit of the masses, some, like me, believe that, in order to unleash the energy for scientific research, government should have very limited, if any, restriction on the progress of science.

Admittedly, certain fields can be dangerous to the entire world if they are given absolute autonomy. For example, the research about nuclear weapons, if not regulated and constrained by the states, would be a serious threats to the human society. For the benefits of all human kinds, no one shall deny the necessity of hampering the development of scientific fields that produce such dangerous weapons. Therefore, it is reasonable and necessary to place restrictions on scientific studies that can cause unimaginable detriments to the societies.

However, it is very difficult to draw the line regarding what to watch out for. If the state become too suspicious, every field can be a threat. Let us imagine a government that ban all studies of medicine because they consider it as dangerous due to the possibility that poison might be created. A government with a overly cautious mindset like this will become the greatest obstacle for any possible scientific achievement, and for sure, it will not be appreciated by the people. Therefore, governments should instead be extremely carefully in limiting its power in scientific development, placing healthy supervision, if needed, instead of blind restriction.

In addition to hampering the overall development of science, the power of government posing constrains on certain studies may serve the special interests of certain political and commercial stakeholders. For instance, a smartphone companies with great political connection may lobby government into restricting the research and development projects of its competitors, thus occupy the market before others do. Therefore, by allowing government to intervene the scientific research in the business world, it will eventually become a tool used by special interest groups that do not goods to the public.

In conclusion, autonomy is the driven engine of all progresses, government should by no means take it away from the science fields. Even though the advancing of certain special field such as nuclear weapons should be carefully restricted, the state should not be allowed to restrict science due to its potential of hampering scientific development and becoming the tool used by certain stakeholders for their special interests.

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Average: 7.5 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 218, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'threat'?
Suggestion: threat
...ained by the states, would be a serious threats to the human society. For the benefits ...
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Line 9, column 316, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...son might be created. A government with a overly cautious mindset like this will ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
however, if, may, regarding, so, therefore, thus, for example, for instance, in addition, in conclusion, such as

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.5258426966 72% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 14.8657303371 40% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 23.0 33.0505617978 70% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 58.6224719101 92% => OK
Nominalization: 26.0 12.9106741573 201% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2248.0 2235.4752809 101% => OK
No of words: 408.0 442.535393258 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.50980392157 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49433085973 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.04581825504 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 217.0 215.323595506 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.531862745098 0.4932671777 108% => OK
syllable_count: 687.6 704.065955056 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK

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: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 62.4519815538 60.3974514979 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 140.5 118.986275619 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.5 23.4991977007 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 5.21951772744 134% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => 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: 0.168292085832 0.243740707755 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0591150611684 0.0831039109588 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0378051145083 0.0758088955206 50% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.102098404913 0.150359130593 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0191405566574 0.0667264976115 29% => 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: 17.3 14.1392134831 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.64 48.8420337079 77% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.97 12.1639044944 123% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 106.0 100.480337079 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => 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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