In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge.
What is the most important quality for an individual in order to thrive in any profession, imagination, or knowledge? Before answering this question, we must define what we mean by these terms. In my opinion, imagination is part of our mind that make things up, while knowledge is based on facts. Admittedly, one needs the basic knowledge to have a good command over a subject, I believe that imagination weighs more when we talk about achieving new heights in a field of study for the reasons discussed below.
First, imagination helps us in how we think, reason, and perceive things that we have not attended physically. Immanuel Kant, a well-known 18th-century philosopher, developed a theory that goes beyond our narrow physical world. In that, he states that imagination contributes significantly to cognitive, aesthetic, and moralistic aspects of our lives. It helps us to gain new ideas that may not seem possible because of the current limitations in any given field, however one that cannot be considered completely unrealistic.
Secondly, imagination is of paramount importance in the field of arts and literature. As stated in the book "The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution", by Dennis Dutton, imagination is perhaps the most important characteristic of any artistic work. Imagination is the writer's best friend. One cannot deny that all kinds of arts, whether it is literature, painting, or state-of-the-art architecture, all occur in a make-believe world, at least initially. The artistic experience takes place in a theatre of the imagination.
Moreover, scientific innovations begin with the imagination of a researcher in one way or the other. Consider any invention that led to a scientific breakthrough in its respective field. For earlier innovations, let's take an example of the electric bulb invented by Thomas Alva Edition. It was his imagination of such an unprecedented electric device that gave us the bright world we know today. For modern innovations of the digital world, consider Facebook, it was Mark Zuckerberg's imagination of how university students can share activities of their daily lives through media that gave the world the tech giant we know today. The same goes for the Microsoft operating system, developed by Bill Gates. For that matter, it would not be an exaggeration to say that any innovation starts with imagination.
Admittedly, one cannot undermine the power of knowledge. The basic knowledge is for sure important to imagine even a minor change in that field. However, when we consider the modern era of competition, it is clear that getting knowledge in any field is not that hard, thanks to the Internet. It is the imagination that makes distinguishes normal people from the "world's best" in any profession.
In sum, imagination seems more important if one wants to thrive in the field of study. While one cannot deny the importance of knowledge in any profession, imagination is what let us use that knowledge to do something meaningful for our society. In the contemporary world, where every field of study comprises a lot of scholars, one needs to have a good imagination more than ever to stand out from the crowd.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, well, while, at least, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.6327345309 81% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 12.9520958084 62% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 11.1786427146 63% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 13.6137724551 162% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 28.8173652695 174% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 72.0 55.5748502994 130% => OK
Nominalization: 26.0 16.3942115768 159% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2706.0 2260.96107784 120% => OK
No of words: 518.0 441.139720559 117% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22393822394 5.12650576532 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.77070365392 4.56307096286 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.13967281028 2.78398813304 113% => OK
Unique words: 275.0 204.123752495 135% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.530888030888 0.468620217663 113% => OK
syllable_count: 862.2 705.55239521 122% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 4.96107784431 181% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.76447105788 57% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 2.70958083832 185% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.67365269461 239% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.22255489022 189% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 19.7664670659 137% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.8473053892 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.4359375516 57.8364921388 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.222222222 119.503703932 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1851851852 23.324526521 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.62962962963 5.70786347227 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 5.15768463074 116% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.25449101796 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 8.20758483034 219% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 6.88822355289 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.67664670659 192% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.287526228856 0.218282227539 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0822213461456 0.0743258471296 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0835518333056 0.0701772020484 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.168718046921 0.128457276422 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0915414636833 0.0628817314937 146% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 14.3799401198 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.3550499002 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.197005988 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.5979740519 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.57 8.32208582834 103% => OK
difficult_words: 131.0 98.500998004 133% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 12.3882235529 89% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.1389221557 86% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.9071856287 109% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 79.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 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.