We can learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take

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We can learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

Learning is a life long process perpetuated by the intent and the curiosity to discern the truth and shine light upon the obscure; the impetus that leads one from darkness into enlightenment. The continuation of this process aggregates us into schools of thought which are juxtaposed, and even antithetical at times, that help us systematically categorize our position as seekers of knowledge. With these multiple views in sight, one can be tempted to patronize other positions in order to lionize one's own 'correct' ways. But there are dangerous repercussions to being bound by the means of knowledge, which can make individuals overlook the end to the process. So, I place myself at disagreement with the statement at hand suggesting that we can learn a great deal with like-minded individuals as compared to the ones that are in contrast to our thoughts and perspectives, and for a good number of reasons at that.

To begin, the discussion with like-minded individuals, while healthy and burnishing the flaws out of one school of thought, does not invite discussion or conversation that can bring out change, but rather reiterates what has already, in fact, been accepted by the people having such discussion. For instance, what new insights would two philosophers make who subscribe to nihilism completely and believe that there is no inherent purpose to life? There would be no new inventions if all Engineers were in agreement that the problem of turbulent flow is too complex to solve. We would need existentialists to go against the futility of Nihilism. Furthermore, we could see new results if we added Absurdists to the mix. Similarly, we would need a group of Engineers who claim they can solve the problem of turbulence; some individuals who are set on giving their lives to resolving the Navier-Stokes equation. These opposing factions bring about reevaluation mutually in their value systems, and thus, bring a change that a hackneyed discussion of like-minded people cannot court.

Further, dissent and discussion has evidently been a very productive and preferable solution to lot of world's systemic problems, warding off cult culture and dogmatism. An example can be the pervasive system of democracy that has spread like wild fire all around the world. Dissent is the beauty of democracy which means you can respectfully discuss, and even disagree, on issues with individuals with a different point of view as long as the premise on which the discussion is based are equitable to both parties. Moreover, democracy has been proven to be a better alternative to fascism and dictatorship, which actually is indirectly related to the statement at hand. Since, we can learn much more from people with similar views, in contrapositive, we can also modify this statement to be that people with dissimilar views have nothing to teach us. This is the exact school of thought that tyrannical regimes have tried to impose upon the people using duress.

Not only are there harmful impacts of the statement bringing about dogmatism and partisanship, in fact, the placement of comprehensiveness of knowledge of individuals based on their position relative to our own is a bias in itself. The prejudice that this statement entails is obfuscating since the statement suggests that humans whose views align with ours are inherently more intelligent or superior. It would not allow for one to even consider the position of the next individual who is at a discord with the us. The lack of discussion inspired by the statement makes it out to be quite discriminating.

So, to conclude, everyone is aware of the importance of knowledge, and so gaining it is imperative. The sources surely need to be authentic and reliable. But while we might have our personal biases towards views that are amicable to our vision of life, we cannot simply dismiss the presence of alternative realities that can be explicated on the basis of different schools of thought. A lack of acceptance can be detrimental to us as individuals and as a group of individuals. Therefore, in firmly echoing my position, more logically so, I disagree with the statement that one can learn more from an individual with a similar view point.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, furthermore, if, look, moreover, similarly, so, then, therefore, thus, while, for instance, in contrast, in fact, in contrast to

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.5258426966 174% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 24.0 12.4196629213 193% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 27.0 11.3162921348 239% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 56.0 33.0505617978 169% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 116.0 58.6224719101 198% => OK
Nominalization: 26.0 12.9106741573 201% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3523.0 2235.4752809 158% => OK
No of words: 693.0 442.535393258 157% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.08369408369 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.13077900149 4.55969084622 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.00539547173 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 340.0 215.323595506 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.49062049062 0.4932671777 99% => OK
syllable_count: 1104.3 704.065955056 157% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.256447839 60.3974514979 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.481481481 118.986275619 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.6666666667 23.4991977007 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.51851851852 5.21951772744 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.315528422608 0.243740707755 129% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0750385291432 0.0831039109588 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0712517801268 0.0758088955206 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.175902467734 0.150359130593 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0562312998583 0.0667264976115 84% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.48 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.77 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 171.0 100.480337079 170% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.5 11.8971910112 130% => 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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