As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and mysterious

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As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and mysterious

What that has differentiated us from other beings is knowledge and the ability to expand our knowledge. In this regard, the prompt asserts that the more we aqcuire knowledge, the more befudled we get. I, on the other hand, do not thoroughly accept this assertion. There are two types of knowledge: facts and ideas. In my opinion, the more we absorb ideas, the more solid our understanding becomes, while the more facts we cram in our minds, the more confused we get.

But what are facts? Facts are the detailed knowledge we get from the world. Like the mass of the earth, the numerical amount of the PI number, and the boiling temperature of water. These are a few number of facts that we all are familiar with. In order to remember the facts, we must memorize them or write them on pages or websites. Facts can be acquired readily by consulting a book or the Wikipedia.

On the other hand, ideas are the big picture of knowledge. Every object has mass including the Earth. When we multiply the diameter of a given circle with the PI number, we get the circumference, or when we heat the water, at some temperature it starts becoming vapor. Unlike facts, we tend to learn ideas more easily when we see them in nature: a school student who sees the evaporation of water in the science lab is much more likely to understant it than the student who reads it in a book.

When we start to cram details with no regard to the ideas--the big picture--, we make our mind saturated with some seprate, random details that left us befudeld. In contrast, if we try to learn the big picture--through carrying out experiments or even watching a documentry--we can connect those unrelated icelands of details.

Finally, let me draw an anology. We can say that the facts are like words, while the ideas are the context. Whereas best structured sentence does not make sence without context, making us confused, even a single word--a detail--can expand our knowledge.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 194, Rule ID: MANY_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun number seems to be countable; consider using: 'few numbers'.
Suggestion: few numbers
...iling temperature of water. These are a few number of facts that we all are familiar with....
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, if, so, whereas, while, in contrast, in my opinion, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 19.5258426966 56% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 14.8657303371 61% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 40.0 58.6224719101 68% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1617.0 2235.4752809 72% => OK
No of words: 344.0 442.535393258 78% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.70058139535 5.05705443957 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30665032142 4.55969084622 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66209083674 2.79657885939 95% => OK
Unique words: 187.0 215.323595506 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.543604651163 0.4932671777 110% => OK
syllable_count: 504.9 704.065955056 72% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 53.6105166922 60.3974514979 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 80.85 118.986275619 68% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.2 23.4991977007 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.15 5.21951772744 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.295988751556 0.243740707755 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0789613580676 0.0831039109588 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.108585409636 0.0758088955206 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155134271686 0.150359130593 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.138368259477 0.0667264976115 207% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.3 14.1392134831 66% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 48.8420337079 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 12.1743820225 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.68 12.1639044944 80% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.97 8.38706741573 95% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 100.480337079 76% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 11.8971910112 46% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => 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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