Human
beings have lived the evolution of species through history.
They have always lived in a constant changing
world in which they have had to use their minds to solve
problems. They have discovered fire, created spears,
arrows, ships, cars, planes and they have even created rockets
that reached the space. Because of their special ability
of reasoning, they have always been superior than all the
other living species in the world that nowadays
depend completely on them. As science has developed, a new
controversial debate has come up and it is called "genetics".
Some people say that genetic investigations must be stopped
because it is dangerous to tinker with
that kind of science, some others think that it should not
be stopped because it would be a break for developing science,
and the rest think that it should not be regulated. The
only truth is that developing science should
not be stopped in genetic investigation because it is part
of human evolution. However, it must be regulated because
it can be used against human life.
When people talk about genetic engineering and genetic therapy,
they say that scientists have improved
a lot since they began experimenting with animals and plants.
For example, they have combined plant genes with animal
genes and they have given origin to new species that did
not exist in the world before. They say that if they continue
with their experiments and investigations they will be able
to create more nutritious food and to cure terminal diseases
so life quality will improve a lot. The only problem is
that investigations are very expensive and scientists need
the support of the state and other companies.
But as my grandfather used to say, "The purpose of
scientific research is to improve life quality or to make
it more comfortable, not to work for multimillionaire companies
or private institutions".
Nevertheless, experiments can be dangerous for the rest
of the world. First of all, because of the uncertainty that
they have, because nobody before has experimented so they
do not know how the investigations can conclude. It would
also be very dangerous to leave scientists working alone
in their labs without any kind of control because an experiment
can end in an uncontrollable situation ,so that would be
the first reason why it must be regulated. In addition to
this problem, we can not discard that if
investigations are successful, all the companies that have
supported them will request for their "piece of cake"
and will try to use it for their own benefits. Consequently,
the state will have to pass new laws to control the consumption
of new genetic food and the use of gene therapy. To make
things worse, powerful people will be able
to change human genes to create superior human species that
will slowly displace the current human
species.
To sum up, human beings must continue developing science
because it is the basis of evolution, so gene investigations
and experiments should not be stopped. Moreover, if the
state continues investing on science, life quality will
probably improve. However, it must be regulated because
it is very risky, not only for human beings
but for the rest of the world, because for example, some
other species can suffer the changes that gene investigations
and experiments can provoke. |
