With genetic engineering we can engineer a better student. One that can do research and do their own essays.

There are many different uses for genetic engendering all with different perceived pros and cons I too am for most genetic engineering for many reasons.

If I were writing a con essay on the topic I would either find some part of genetic engineering that I don't agree with or give them whet they want to here but at the end, in the closing paragraph perhaps, tell them that I don't agree with the topic and maybe a little bit as to why.

PS If you ever get a bad grade on something and you think its because of your view and not your work than the teacher isn't doing their job and you should seek a different opinion of your work.

So you have to debate with someone/other people in your class who are required to argue from the standpoint that genetic engineering is good while you argue the opposite?

Pros of Genetic engineering are the ability to eleiminate certain unwanted traits such as Downs Syndrome. Also, you can "fix" certain genetic traits people already have, but just some from what I understand. The other issue is that gene malfunctions are happening all of the time, so genetic engineering can't always eleminate unwanted traits 100%.

Pros would be that it fixes many problems faced by human demand.

For example, scientists already have genetically modified certain species of corn so that it is immune to most illness that targets corn. This is one of the reasons that farmland has declined drastically since the beginning of the 21st century; it's because less farmland is required to make a sufficient amount of healthy corn.

Every technological advancement has its risks, but refusing to utilize it will have an even greater negative impact because it will mean holding society back from solving problems, as opposed to embracing the advancement which for its risks can be prevented with other forms of technology. In the end, the entire realm of problems will be attacked by technology from all sides.

Genetic modification can each individual become immune to disease and be the most supernaturally powerful and most beautiful creature she or he can become.

Not only that, humanity will not have to rely on electronic technology because of the endless possibilities of powers and abilities, courtesy of genetic modification technology. All of life's physical resources are somehow based on organic material, and GM can rewrite or enhance the ecosystem, or even change it's basic rules (Organisms can serve as food without being hurt, killed, or even feeling pain), endlessly to humanity's convienience. Animals can get extraterestrial mass (courtesy of GM they can respirate without mass from the environment), give some to earth, they feed on rest, and there will be no famine!

Well, I went on the search for Genetic Engineering and what sides are making what claims.

Pros

Cons

Now, I noticed when looking up GE Myths on Google, that there is a very popular group of myths that can be found on many activist websites usually in support of vegan and anti-capitalist efforts.

This does not, however, mean that the 'cons' link I provided is illegitimate. The only problem is that it's not very extensive. As well, it seems to be all over the place in data, not really using it to make a proper conclusion. Use the information as you like, but the 'pros' link I provided seems more organized.

So GE debate is nothing new. In its initial times, GE was met with much hostility and was not as well researched as it is now. It had a slow start. It's gotten much better these days. The only people who are against it aren't even moderates anymore. They are hardcore environmentalists, often from Green Peace (called by Global Warming Activists to not be a science based organization... whoa) who still don't like the idea of science making an attempt to change nature.

It's a paranoid school of thought that just because it isn't natural, it isn't good.

I've seen a lot of argument over the issue. I guess it's easy to just say "unnatural is bad" when you first hear that something is genetically modified. But I wonder if people even know that genes are completely natural, and humans are natural, and the interaction we have between them can ONLY be natural. It's not like we're God or any of that.