開啟我們辯證思維GRE作文點評

Issue 18

Money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial.

I agree with the speakers broad assertion that money spent on research is generally money well invested. However, the speaker unnecessarily extends this broad assertion to embrace research whose results are controversial, while ignoring certain compelling reasons why some types of research might be unjustifiable. My points of contention with the speaker involves the fundamental objectives and nature of research, as discussed below.

精華：However, the speaker unnecessarily extends this broad assertion to embrace research whose results are controversial, while ignoring certain compelling reasons why這種說法可以用來抨擊原題觀點的絕對化，非常有力。

My points of contention with the speaker involve the fundamental objectives and nature of research, as discussed below.

帶出自己觀點的新句型。

I concede that the speaker is on the correct philosophical side of this issue. After all, research is the exploration of the unknown for true answers to our questions, and for lasting solutions to our enduring problems. Research is also the chief means by which we humans attempt to satisfy our insatiable appetite for knowledge, and our craving to understand ourselves and the world around us. Yet, in the very notion of research also lies my first point of contention with the speaker, who illogically presumes that we can know the results of research before we invest in it. To the contrary, if research is to be of any value it must explore uncharted and unpredictable territory. In fact, query（=doubt）whether research whose benefits are immediate and predictable can break any new ground, or whether it can be considered research at all.