People should undertake risky action only after they have carefully considered its consequences.
How to make decisions correctly has always been a difficult problem for human beings. Some people contend that when encountering risky and uncertain issues, individuals must take the consequences into consideration carefully before they make decisions. However, I do not agree with this opinion.
There is no denying that considering possible consequences will effectively help to reduce the possibility of negative results. In the domain of the stock market, for example, it is necessary for investors to take as many relevant factors as possible into consideration before they decide to purchase shares. Earning growth, stability, relative strengths in the industry, debt-equity ratio, dividends are crucial indicators which can reflect the performance of a company, and studying these indicators will consume investors a large amount of time and energy, but in order to avoid economic losses, such research deserves to be done. Notwithstanding the foregoing reason why people should take the consequences into consideration, there are still many situations in which decisions should be made more quickly.
To begin with, in history, there are numerous examples which proves the importance of making decisions efficiently. For supporting examples one need look no further than the Meiji Reform of Japan. When western countries arrived at Japan in the 19th century, the Japanese government was forced to open its border for western people, but the Japanese government successfully made effective use of this opportunity to catch up with the trend at that moment, obtaining more technologies from western countries. Actually, at that time, there was no time left for the Japanese government to examine the possible negative consequences of opening op their country to the world, but the government still decided to do it, and the result is that Japan became a more powerful country, while the Chinese government, on the other hand, decided to violate itself from western countries at that time, and it made China fall behind the world. Therefore, when people face urgent situations, there may be no time for people to balance the drawbacks and benefits, but they still need to act.
When the gains outweigh the risks, it is also recommended for people to take actions without considering all the consequences. Space exploration can be regarded as a standard exemplification of this argument. From the last century, humans began to build spaceships and explore the universe, although the universe remains unknown for humans. Do human beings really consider all the possible consequences of exploring the space? Not necessarily. If spaceships really encountered aggressive aliens, humans and the earth will face the risk of being attacked and even eliminated, but scientists and governments still look forward to doing this task. Why? It is because humans need to find another planet in case that the earth becomes unsuitable for humans to live on in the future. Therefore, if the advantages of doing a risky action obviously surpass the disadvantages brought by it, there is no need for people to examine all the consequences.
To sum up, the speaker’s claim that considering all the consequences before undertaking a risky action may not be so reasonable, especially considering the situations in which people need to make decisions in a short time or the benefits of taking this action significantly outnumber the negative influences.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 905, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[8]
Message: The proper name in singular (China) must be used with a third-person verb: 'falls'.
Suggestion: falls
...untries at that time, and it made China fall behind the world. Therefore, when peopl...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, look, may, really, so, still, therefore, while, as for, for example, to begin with, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 33.0505617978 82% => OK
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2910.0 2235.4752809 130% => OK
No of words: 540.0 442.535393258 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.38888888889 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82057051367 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98772293565 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 278.0 215.323595506 129% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514814814815 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 919.8 704.065955056 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 99.0075239359 60.3974514979 164% => OK
Chars per sentence: 145.5 118.986275619 122% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0 23.4991977007 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.3 5.21951772744 140% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.196400711556 0.243740707755 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0576098098772 0.0831039109588 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0717966635244 0.0758088955206 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126693689206 0.150359130593 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0563008433056 0.0667264976115 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.5 14.1392134831 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.61 48.8420337079 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.28 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.13 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 142.0 100.480337079 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 905, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[8]
Message: The proper name in singular (China) must be used with a third-person verb: 'falls'.
Suggestion: falls
...untries at that time, and it made China fall behind the world. Therefore, when peopl...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, look, may, really, so, still, therefore, while, as for, for example, to begin with, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 33.0505617978 82% => OK
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2910.0 2235.4752809 130% => OK
No of words: 540.0 442.535393258 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.38888888889 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82057051367 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.98772293565 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 278.0 215.323595506 129% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514814814815 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 919.8 704.065955056 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 99.0075239359 60.3974514979 164% => OK
Chars per sentence: 145.5 118.986275619 122% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0 23.4991977007 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.3 5.21951772744 140% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.196400711556 0.243740707755 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0576098098772 0.0831039109588 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0717966635244 0.0758088955206 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126693689206 0.150359130593 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0563008433056 0.0667264976115 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.5 14.1392134831 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.61 48.8420337079 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.28 12.1639044944 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.13 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 142.0 100.480337079 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => 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.