Some people believe that scientific discoveries have given us a much better understanding of the world around us. Others believe that science has revealed to us that the world is infinitely more complex than we ever realized.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
"What is so great about discovery? It is a violent, penetrative act that scars what it explores," says Dr. Ian Malcolm in the critically acclaimed film, Jurassic Park. Indeed, the film raised some crucial questions about scientific progress - such as to what limit should it be chased. When the dinosaurs recreated by scientists in the film wreaked havoc, it was natural to question whether it was all worth it.
Undoubtedly, science has progressed by leaps and bounds in the last few centuries. Take the atom, for instance - the smallest unit of matter. While the awareness of existence of atoms dates back to ancient cultures such as Greece and India, it was Dalton who put forth the first atomic model in the late 18th century. While it explained some material phenomenon, it was incomplete and did nothing to explain many others. Subsequent models put forth by Thomson, Rutherford, and Bohr explained some experimental observations about the atoms in turn. But even these models had some shortcomings, which led to the proposal of a quantum physics model in the 20th century. Even then, much remains to be understood of atomic behavior, which will inevitably lead to corrections to the latest model. Thus, what began as a simple concept has snow-balled into a complex physics niche of its own.
A significant aspect of the scientific process is the revelation of heretofore unknown phenomena. The pursuit of these phenomena opens up new pathways within research. For example, X-rays were discovered accidentally by a German scientist while he was working with a cathode ray tube. Later, another scientist in an attempt to investigate the connection between X-rays and phosphorescence (the property of a substance to emit light), discovered radioactivity. Of course, these discoveries have helped us to understand the world around us much better than we did before - such as why certain things glow. However, simultaneously they open up many more questions - such as whether phosphorescence can be acquired artificially. Further investigation into radioactivity also helped us to recognize radioactive exposure as one possible cause of cancer. But the questions do not end there; there is always more to be known.
Science constantly makes us realize how vast the universe is, and how little of it we understand. It is why science itself is vast. The inherent nature of discovery is to happen upon the universe's mysteries. That is why there are so many scientific fields, and experts who specialize within subfields of those fields. One fine day not too long ago, Galileo asserted that the Earth is spherical and not flat (as previously thought), and today we are set to explore Mars to see if it is fit to be inhabited. Space exploration technology has come incredibly farther than the telescope Galileo used to make his observations. Little did he know the vast implications of his work.
To conclude, scientific work is never-ending as it continues to correct itself over and over in its mission to uncover the intricacies of our world. Every little dot that it comes across, it attempts to connect it to previous dots to get a sneak-peek at the larger picture. No doubt, at any point in time, science helps us to understand the world around us much better than if we had been blissfully ignorant; but this only goes to show just how much we do not know and how much is yet to be explored.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 102, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
...etrative act that scars what it explores,' says Dr. Ian Malcolm in the critically...
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Line 2, column 679, Rule ID: MUCH_COUNTABLE[1]
Message: Use 'many' with countable nouns.
Suggestion: many
...s model in the 20th century. Even then, much remains to be understood of atomic beha...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, so, then, thus, while, as to, for example, for instance, no doubt, of course, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 28.0 19.5258426966 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 12.4196629213 24% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 46.0 33.0505617978 139% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 77.0 58.6224719101 131% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2840.0 2235.4752809 127% => OK
No of words: 567.0 442.535393258 128% => OK
Chars per words: 5.00881834215 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.87972968509 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9516319717 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 325.0 215.323595506 151% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.573192239859 0.4932671777 116% => OK
syllable_count: 885.6 704.065955056 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 20.2370786517 148% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.7129436536 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.6666666667 118.986275619 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.9 23.4991977007 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.86666666667 5.21951772744 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 18.0 4.83258426966 372% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.23147989318 0.243740707755 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0464005239159 0.0831039109588 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.079356277559 0.0758088955206 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.116905461004 0.150359130593 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0736824219053 0.0667264976115 110% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 14.1392134831 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.78 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.85 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 155.0 100.480337079 154% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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