Ideology in My Controversy

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After all of the research I've been doing on the controversy in genetic engineering, here's a basic overview of everything going on...

The main people involved in this controversy are again, groups of people rather than individuals. Doctors, engineers, businessmen and women working at engineering companies definitely voice their opinions openly about this topic. Also, the writers and journalists that work for Nature, Nano Letters, and Advanced Materials have a big voice as well.

All of these people are pretty highly respected overall, you can usually expect that if you have a "Dr." somewhere in your name. So, people feel more comfortable trusting and believing intelligent people like the engineers and doctors, which gives them a bit of power. On one end of the spectrum, people value tradition and normalcy while on the other end, intelligence and research over everything else. Resources and evidence for these positions include recent lab experiments from the top labs in the world, various text books, and from engineers themselves working in this specific area.

Because the main voices are all on the same level in regards to their jobs and education background, a power difference isn't a huge issue with this controversy. The only thing would be is that the engineers that are actually specialized in genetics feel like they have a more relevant opinion than those who are specialized in something else. However, both sides agree that there's no stopping the ever increasing technology and possibilities that will make human genetic engineering easier. There isn't really an unacknowledged common ground. These 2 sides definitely listen to each other and aren't afraid, obviously, to disagree with one another.