Originality does not mean thinking something that was never thought before; it means putting old ideas together in new way.
The speaker claims that originality is not an invention that is never presented before but a mixture of old ideas in a new way. In general, I agree with this notion. From the realm of art, to the fields of science, we can see many substantiations of this notion. Although there are some new ideas seem to be unprecedented, but with a deliberation, the ideas turn out to follow the notion that the speaker mentioned.
In the realm of art, it is obvious true that we can call creativity is the recombination of pre-exist elements. One main reason is based on the nature of the art, that it propagate its authors’ knowledges, thoughts, and passion. For the literature, those novels, fictions, or essays are constructed by their authors’ own languages, which is the remnant of human’s civilization. Without using language, writers cannot impart their creativity and thought precisely no matter how fantastic is their contents. For the music, artists usually adduce the pieces that have existed to compose their works. For example, in many new pop songs today we can hear the recombination of the classical melodies which have done by artists in previous age, such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and so on. It is unjustifiable to claim these new works from today’s novelists and musicians is not their new inventions.
In the realm of science, the new development of our technologies is also founded on the brain child of previous generations. In our advance and sophisticated society, there is not an individual invention appear suddenly. For example, the cutting-edge technology in semiconductor manufacturing are the cooperative effort done by different field. First we need to have a great understanding of theoretical sophistication like electronic theory and quantum mechanic to design the circuit; and then we need different equipments, such as tools for lithography and tools for growing the electronic layers of the circuit, to realize the design. Only by the mixture of these things can we consummate the brand new semiconductor chip for various applications.
However, when it comes to some revolutionary theories in science some people may think they are the epiphany of human’s intelligence which is nothing to do with the old idea. Nevertheless, when we pore deeper into it, we may find the clue that these so-called unprecedented theories are actually implement old theories. To illustrate, the general relativity conceived by Einstein, which come up with new idea to describe the space and time is usually be deemed as unprecedented theory. While the idea inside it may be brand new, the mathematical tool that be used to describe the theory is still base on the knowledge of mathematician before, like Riemann. In this sense, general relativity also a combination of wisdom from various people.
In sum, in our world, the things are constructed under pre-exist knowledge, it is reasonable to say originality is to put different ideas together. No matter in the art or science, they all embody this notion.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 115, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a new way" with adverb for "new"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...ented before but a mixture of old ideas in a new way. In general, I agree with this notion. ...
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Line 7, column 297, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'implemented'.
Suggestion: implemented
...led unprecedented theories are actually implement old theories. To illustrate, the genera...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, still, then, while, as to, for example, in general, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 26.0 19.5258426966 133% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 14.8657303371 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2543.0 2235.4752809 114% => OK
No of words: 494.0 442.535393258 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14777327935 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71445763274 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.10035360296 2.79657885939 111% => OK
Unique words: 253.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.512145748988 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 792.9 704.065955056 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 14.0 4.38483146067 319% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.522598 60.3974514979 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.565217391 118.986275619 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4782608696 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.34782608696 5.21951772744 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 5.13820224719 19% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 13.0 4.83258426966 269% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.136341108689 0.243740707755 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0392198797069 0.0831039109588 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.064432098509 0.0758088955206 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0807849349549 0.150359130593 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0532412649267 0.0667264976115 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 14.1392134831 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.59 12.1639044944 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.71 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 100.480337079 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 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.