Knowing about the past cannot help people to make important decisions today.
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.
Every specie on earth will make mistakes at some point or the other in its lifetime and the human race is no exception to this tenet. However, it is what we learn from such mistakes that help us advance as a race together. The prompt claims that knowing about the past does not help people in making important decisions in their present-day lives. I strongly disagree with the prompt for the following reasons.
Firstly, We have the luxury of referring to past events and contemplate on the implications of the actions taken in the past. Having such knowledge, it will help us presage the ramifications of our actions in the present world. For example, let us consider the case of the two World Wars that took place in our history. The history of the two World Wars is taught in our schools. It is imperative to include such events in our school curriculum for - it makes everyone aware of the sheer destruction and loss caused by them to the entire world. Not to mention the infamous atom bombs that were dropped on Japan whose adverse effects are still prevalent today. If one does not learn about such incidents, it is not very difficult to make decisions that would expedite the inception of such wars in the present days. Therefore, it is pivotal for us to learn about the atrocities in the past so that we do not repeat such incorrigible mistakes only to witness loss and destruction at an unprecedented scale again.
Secondly, knowing about the past not only spares us from loss and destruction but also help advance the human race as a whole. It is unproductive and time consuming to experiment right from the beginning again only to fail in the same way as someone did in the past. For instance, let us take the example of Space Exploration programs by a private company in the US, the SpaceX. Would the SpaceX be in a prime position as it is today had it not been for the knowledge it had gleaned from the erstwhile rocket launches, space exploration programs by NASA and other space agencies in the world? The answer is definitely no. The knowledge about the past will not only help us evaluate what works and what does not but also help make substantial advances in a very short period of time. It is the knowledge about the past that helped SpaceX become a pioneer in successful rocket launches and thus gained the accolades from the world.
However, in the realms of our discussion, we cannot overlook a few exceptions that might prove otherwise. For example, we are creating an ad campaign for our newly released product. Upon foraging for the effect of similar ad campaigns in the past, we found out that such an ad campaign was ineffective. And hence, we forgo our idea and go with a different one. But, it would very well be the case that a similar ad campaign did not work in the past because of other unfavorable factors like - maybe the people were not advanced enough to get attracted to the ad campaign or the market was not mature enough. In such cases, knowledge about the past would indeed be a bane.
Therefore, in conclusion, knowing about the past does indeed help us take important decisions in the present day as one can apprize the effects of our decisions based on our past experiences and also act as a catalyst for the development of the human race. In contrast, knowledge about the past can sometimes act as a deterrent in making important decisions.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 768, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...ke substantial advances in a very short period of time. It is the knowledge about the past tha...
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Line 13, column 175, Rule ID: PAST_EXPERIENCE_MEMORY[1]
Message: Use simply 'experiences'.
Suggestion: experiences
...e effects of our decisions based on our past experiences and also act as a catalyst for the deve...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, look, may, second, secondly, so, still, therefore, thus, well, while, for example, for instance, in conclusion, in contrast, in the same way
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 52.0 33.0505617978 157% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 94.0 58.6224719101 160% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2804.0 2235.4752809 125% => OK
No of words: 603.0 442.535393258 136% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.65008291874 5.05705443957 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.9554069778 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56491221562 2.79657885939 92% => OK
Unique words: 265.0 215.323595506 123% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.439469320066 0.4932671777 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 884.7 704.065955056 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.0567483769 60.3974514979 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.851851852 118.986275619 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.3333333333 23.4991977007 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.92592592593 5.21951772744 133% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 5.13820224719 234% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.181436604543 0.243740707755 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0551576571139 0.0831039109588 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0474604245658 0.0758088955206 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.121400103705 0.150359130593 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0463105249484 0.0667264976115 69% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 14.1392134831 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.99 12.1639044944 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.95 8.38706741573 95% => OK
difficult_words: 123.0 100.480337079 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => 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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