As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to
think for themselves will surely deteriorate.
Our modern world is flooded with technology, we rely on phones to communicate, computers to work, and television to relax. It is reasonable to assume that overrelience can cause the human ability to think independently to deteriorate. Still, I believe that it is unlikely to happen and tehcnology can actually enhanche our thinking capabilities.
My main argument is based on the fact that access to information is essential for independent thinking, and the internet is the best tool that mankind knows for that purpose. Online courses like those on EDX and Coursera mean that you don't have to pay a fortune to bolster skills in your field, or take up a new craft. Thousands of forums faciliate free debate and support for even the most controversial views, Access to facts helps objectively evaluate positions. Some might protest, pointing out that while the access to information is simpler the amount of information in one's head has decreased. However, considering the speed of access to this information, and consequently its high usability, it can be argued that the difference is inconsequential, as it enables us to only remember most crucial of details and access the rest whenever we need more information for solving a problem.
Secondly, the use of technology allows for a more efficent use of one's time. Gone are the days when a scientist had to spend weeks on simple calculations, astudent had to spend days findign a book, before even getting to analyzing the material. For example I am sure, just preparing data woudl take me time comparabale to that for a whole research project. Had it not been for the technology, a much alrger part of our lives would be taken up by mundane, incosequential tasks. Then perhaps, having no time to devote to critical thinking, we'd really loose the ability to think for ourselves.
Still, we must acknoledge the dangers of technology. The flow of information can be manipulated, and used against us. If attempted, such a method using tehcnologies such as Artificial Intelligence Engines could descover volnurabiltieis of each individuals psyche and dampen their ability to make independent decisions. Still, this would be user's choice and could be avoided by safely handling such technologoes.
In conclusion, I'd say that while the fear of tehcnology is somewhat warranted, its overall impact on our ability to think for ourselves is positive, since it gives us much more resources and time to do so.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, consequently, however, if, really, second, secondly, so, still, then, while, for example, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 40.0 33.0505617978 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 54.0 58.6224719101 92% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2058.0 2235.4752809 92% => OK
No of words: 405.0 442.535393258 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.08148148148 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48604634366 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.04707364968 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 242.0 215.323595506 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.597530864198 0.4932671777 121% => OK
syllable_count: 659.7 704.065955056 94% => 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: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.7564146783 60.3974514979 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.333333333 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5 23.4991977007 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.77777777778 5.21951772744 130% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
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: 0.171749149401 0.243740707755 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.047096892404 0.0831039109588 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0512397777442 0.0758088955206 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.085548113932 0.150359130593 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0410911906721 0.0667264976115 62% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 14.1392134831 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.8420337079 101% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.48 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.21 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 115.0 100.480337079 114% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 11.8971910112 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 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.