Issue161 我的第一篇，附第二稿

yanneUID: 142348

Issue 164: “Sometimes imagination is a more valuable asset than experience. People who lack the experience are free to imagine what is possible and thus can approach a task without constraints of established habits and attitudes.”


Is imagination a more valuable asset than experience? I concede that people who are constrained with much established attitude is bound to be less creative than those who are not. However, I fundamentally disagree with the speaker's claim in that it overlooked the relationship between imagination and experience. These two interact interdependently. Thus, they are of equal importance.


On the one hand, experience is a prerequisite of imagination. Common sense informs us it is impossible to imagine in the first place without at least some experience. How could one be free to imagine what is possible and thus approach a task without experience, as the speaker contends, if it is even not possible? For supporting examples, one needs look no further than the fictional movies. In today's science fictional movies, the monsters of outer space often share some characteristics with creatures that can be easily seen in daily life, such as ants, birds or whales. This indicates that the producer of the movie uses accessible animals as archetypes to liven the fictional world. In other words, the imaginary world, though may not exist, relies on the real world.


On the other hand, experience is often concluded with more or less imagination. This is especially true when it comes to scientific research. Lacking imagination, scientific data are merely some numbers or descriptions of experiments. As a mathematician said: "Science is built with facts, just as a house is built with bricks. But a collection of facts cannot be called science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house." As can learn form this remark, science needs imagination as cement to form internally logically coherent theory with seemingly unconnected facts. For instance, G.J.Mendel use the statistics acquired form his pea experiments to explain how and why some biochemical traits could be inherited from first generation to filial generations while other traits not. He established a theory in which factors(defined as genes later) in DNA are to determine the filial peas’ color(and other characteristics as well). Although it was not likely for him to detect what gene actually is, his explanation made possible the modern investigation about gene. As a result, it is careful and creative imagination that makes a heap of peas to form a reasonable and contributive theory.



As to fulfill a task, one needs to find a balance between imagination and experience, because we put ourselves in peril by ignoring either. Acquiring basic laws and knowledge is the first step because no one can hope to solve a problem without at least a basic understanding of it. Experiences are necessary in order to allow people to have a clear perception in mind and know where the problem lies. Yet, it is equally important to keep challenging and creative thinking during the entire process. Experiences are, if not always, misleading either because they may be out-of-date or they might be a mistake at first. With the innovation of new technology, people should be inspired to rethink and refine our old method.
On balance, the most effective way is to combine imagination and experience together so as to fulfill a task perfectly.   



To sum up, while constrained thinker often imprison their thoughts and thus less likely to achieve great success, pure imagination, if it occurs at all, merely serves to dilute the truth, credibility and cohesion of any task.


如果有人问，还有比这更烂的文章吗？我可以回答，还有我的第一稿和第二稿。sigh～～～
这是我一个月前就写的，一直在改，也不知道Issue是不是可以这么写，改对了还是改错了：（
希望大家不要怕打击我，帮我看看,狠狠的批吧！谢谢啦

yanneUID: 142348

第二稿：

The speaker asserts that imagination is a more valuable asset than experience and people who lack the experience are free to imagine what is possible and thus can approach a task without constraints of established habits and attitudes. I concede that people who are constrained with much formed attitude is bound to be less creative than those who are not. That's why children inspire more innovative ideas than adults.


However, I fundamentally disagree with the speaker's claim in that it overlooked the relationship between imagination and experience. These two interact interdependently other than two isolated parts. On the one hand, imagination cannot exist without the involvement of experience. Common sense informs us it is impossible to imagine in the first place without at least some experience. How can one approach a task without experience, as the speaker contends, if it is even not possible? For supporting examples, one needs look no further than the fictional movies. In today's science fictional movies, the monsters of outer space often share some characteristics with beings that can be easily seen in daily life, such as ants, birds or whales. This indicates that the producer of the movie use accessible animals as archetypes to liven the fictional world. In other words, the imaginary world, though may not exist, is closely related to the real world.


On the other hand, experience is often concluded with more or less imagination, especially in the scientific research. By now scientists have not the ability to carry out every experiment in the lab. Thus, it is unreasonable to theorize after all the data been collected. As a result, it is useful and necessary to use hypothesis to direct and guide scientific researches. As a mathematician said: "Science is built with facts, just as a house is built with bricks. But a collection of facts cannot be called science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house." As can learn form this remark, science needs imagination as cement to form splendid mansion with seemingly unconnected facts. Science itself is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related. Without imagination, any theory is just a conclusion of the observed events rather than widely applicable principles.
  


As to fulfill a task, one needs to find a balance between imagination and experience, because we put ourselves in peril by ignoring either one. Acquiring basic knowledge is the first step, while it is equally important to keep challenging and creative thinking during the entire process. Like building a house, experience serve as a foundation while the construction of upper part requires creative thinking. Whether the house is steady or not depends on the steadiness of foundation. However, it is the upper construction of the house that distinguishes this one from others.

To sum up, while constrained thinker often imprison their thoughts and thus less likely to achieve great success, pure imagination, if it occurs at all, merely serves to dilute the credibility of any task.

yanneUID: 142348

自己顶一下吧！为了给大家节约时间，我真的很认真的改了的。
给点意见吧！

九月爱上乒乓球UID: 151821

通过experience 和 imagination 的relationship到底要证明什么?? 好象没有证明作者的错误
不如直接讨论分别的重要性 再balance一下好了
我的看法

yanneUID: 142348

最初由 九月爱上乒乓球 发布
[B]通过experience 和 imagination 的relationship到底要证明什么?? 好象没有证明作者的错误
不如直接讨论分别的重要性 再balance一下好了
我的看法 [/B]

我贴提纲出来吧。我好像就是如你说的那么写的。
我就是怕走题。这么写省题省得对吗？
谢谢你啦！

1. 表明我的态度，想象和经验都重要
2. 具体的说，一方面，想象都是建立在经验的基础上的
3. 另一方面，经验或多或少有想象参与构成
4. 所以，在想象和经验之间要寻求一个平衡
5. 总结一下，纯粹的想象或经验都是不好的

九月爱上乒乓球UID: 151821

我的意思是应该论证想象对于工作之重要而不是对于经验有多重要,第二点也是.