Scientists and other researchers should focus their research on areas that are likely to benefit the greatest number of people Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoni

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Scientists and other researchers should focus their research on areas that are likely to benefit the greatest number of people.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.

The primary objective of research is to achieve a greater understanding of phenomena and develop plans that benefit the world. The prompt suggests that scientists and researchers should focus on on areas that are likely to benefit the majority. In my opinion, I disagree with this statement and argue that research should aim to be be all-inclusive and scientists must consider which group will suffer the most if their needs are neglected.

Some may argue that research focused on areas that benefit the majority is an effective method of minimizing suffering. It would be difficult and nearly impossible for scientists and researchers to encompass every individual. For instance, scientists who focus on developing less invasive method of removing webbed feet will only benefit those with webbed feet. Alternatively, scientists who develop a cure for arthritis will only benefits those with arthritis, while others with alzheimers will suffer without a cure. Evidently, it is impossible for researchers to conduct research that will provide benefits to everyone, therefore, it is important that research focuses on areas that benefit the majority in an effort to minimize suffering to the greatest degree.

Nonetheless, it is important for researchers to account for the minority, as all lives are valuable and deserve to experience the potential benefits from discoveries made by scientists and researchers. Take for instance, is scientists were debating between engineering a machine capable of purifying mud water for those in a small foreign city or developing a new engine capable of higher speeds available to all of America. Given that many individual’s in foreign countries suffer from a paucity of clean water, it would be morally wrong and selfish for scientists to prioritize the development of an engine, as many in the foreign city will suffer and potentially die. This example demonstrates the dangers of accepting the prompt’s recommdendation, as it is important for scientists to consider which group will suffer the greatest of left neglected.

Prioritizing the majority while allowing the minority to suffer will ultimately hinder the progression and improvement of society as a whole. For example, studies have found that neglect of homelessness leads to increased crime, dilapidation of the area, and increased vandalization and littering. Consequently, the majority may experience victimization of crimes, the city’s reputation may suffer, and global warming worsens. This example illustrates that scientists must also focus on research that benefits the minority, as allowing individual’s to fall through the gaps of society does in fact have an impact on the majority.

Indeed, the debate of whether scientists and researchers should focus on areas that benefit the majority of minority is quite complex and there are many factors that must be taken into account. Simply stating that the majority should be prioritized is not always the best answer. For the reasons mentioned above, my opinion remains that research should aim to be be all-inclusive and scientists must consider which group will suffer the most if their needs are neglected.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, consequently, if, may, nonetheless, so, therefore, while, for example, for instance, in fact, in my opinion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 22.0 11.3162921348 194% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 33.0505617978 103% => OK
Preposition: 61.0 58.6224719101 104% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2696.0 2235.4752809 121% => OK
No of words: 493.0 442.535393258 111% => OK
Chars per words: 5.46855983773 5.05705443957 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71206996034 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03895387107 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 221.0 215.323595506 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.448275862069 0.4932671777 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 840.6 704.065955056 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.3849961414 60.3974514979 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 141.894736842 118.986275619 119% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.9473684211 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.94736842105 5.21951772744 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.83258426966 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.243897291026 0.243740707755 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0953018763159 0.0831039109588 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0755586469173 0.0758088955206 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.164349310743 0.150359130593 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.086383838258 0.0667264976115 129% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.3 14.1392134831 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.64 48.8420337079 77% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.74 12.1639044944 121% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.85 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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