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
We are living in the heyday of technology, and we owe the scientists and researchers because of all their endeavors. It’s correct that it will be more profitable for most people if scientists conduct their studies on the areas that will help people have better lives. However, no one can predict the results of research with confidence, also, scientists should follow their interests as well.
To begin with, there are lots of scientific breakthroughs in history that at the time of their research, the researchers would have not thought that their outcome will profit the majority of people. For instance, Galileo Galilei used his telescope to discover the sky. He argued that the earth rotates the sun and not vice versa. At that time, he did not think that his discoveries will change the future’s perspective toward astronomy. Many astronauts have followed his discoveries until today that humans nurture the dream of living on Mars. Each researcher should follow his passion and interest to reach the achievements. Otherwise, if an area is likely to be profitable for most people but is not attractive for a researcher, it’s possible that he gets bored and reluctant to continue the research.
On the other hand, considering the areas that possibly benefit most people would motivate novice researchers to reach an achievement that could help people to have easier and healthier lives. For example, in the Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), in the graduate programs, supervisors encourage students to choose fields that their research could solve a problem in the industries. Students are told that if their research helps the issue from the industries to be solved, they will have an opportunity to be hired in those industries. This encouragement helps the graduate students to put their efforts into their research to reach a solution or an advancement.
Some might argue that it will be waste of time and resources if scientists focus on the areas that do not benefit the majority of people. This idea has some merit on the surface. However, any research outcome will ultimately benefit some areas of science. It’s like a chain. Other scientists will continue the previous ones’ work and finally, they will reach a breakthrough. Each scientist that works on a micro project in NASA will help the whole group of scientists to achieve their desired goals. In the future, it will be clearer that this research will be beneficial for humankind as a whole, not just a few.
To sum up, scientists should focus on their interests primarily rather than focusing on the areas that profit majority of people because no one can anticipate precisely the results of the research. However, it would motivate the beginners to focus on the areas that possibly help most people.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 8, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... humankind as a whole, not just a few. To sum up, scientists should focus on th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, if, so, well, for example, for instance, 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 : 12.0 19.5258426966 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 52.0 33.0505617978 157% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2338.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 460.0 442.535393258 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.08260869565 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6311565067 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71274385191 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 214.0 215.323595506 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.465217391304 0.4932671777 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 709.2 704.065955056 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.2061363687 60.3974514979 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.652173913 118.986275619 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.91304347826 5.21951772744 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.234704738565 0.243740707755 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0767553425134 0.0831039109588 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0530879348572 0.0758088955206 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155764062822 0.150359130593 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0279251600062 0.0667264976115 42% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.8420337079 122% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.27 8.38706741573 99% => OK
difficult_words: 106.0 100.480337079 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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 8, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... humankind as a whole, not just a few. To sum up, scientists should focus on th...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, if, so, well, for example, for instance, 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 : 12.0 19.5258426966 61% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 11.3162921348 168% => OK
Pronoun: 52.0 33.0505617978 157% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2338.0 2235.4752809 105% => OK
No of words: 460.0 442.535393258 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.08260869565 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6311565067 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71274385191 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 214.0 215.323595506 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.465217391304 0.4932671777 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 709.2 704.065955056 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.2061363687 60.3974514979 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.652173913 118.986275619 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 23.4991977007 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.91304347826 5.21951772744 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.234704738565 0.243740707755 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0767553425134 0.0831039109588 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0530879348572 0.0758088955206 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155764062822 0.150359130593 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0279251600062 0.0667264976115 42% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.8420337079 122% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.27 8.38706741573 99% => OK
difficult_words: 106.0 100.480337079 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 11.8971910112 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 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.