Genetic engineering is an important issue in society today. Some people think that it will improve people’s lives in many ways. Others feel that it may be a threat to life on earth. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Genetic engineering is a key area of modern scientific research, with broad implications in all spheres of life. While it raises concerns related to the existence of life on the planet, I believe that its judicious and controlled use can endow humans with a range of benefits.
Genetic engineering presents the possibility of a lot of advantages, and solutions to many problems in the society. Firstly, the global food shortage due to ever growing populations will be a thing of the past because GMO crops have led to a significant rise in crop production, which can effectively meet the requisite level. Secondly, the plants thus produced are hardly attacked by any pests and insects, since the gene changes induced in them have resulted in increased resistance to these disease causing elements. Finally, with the usage of gene therapy, those genetic disorders could be cured about whom the medical community was clueless. For example, ailments like fragile X syndrome and cystic fibrosis could be treated by this procedure.
The apprehensions regarding genetic engineering are primarily due to its potentially irreversible impact on two factors, namely food production and cloning of humans. Genetic engineering is believed to increase the crop yields and their pest resistance is achieved by altering gene structures or introducing artificial genes. However, its feared that the crops thus produced have diminished nutrient profile, and there is no knowhow about their long term effect on human physiology. The second factor worrying some is the cloning of humans might result in intellectual beings with greater survival instincts, whose behavioural and moral tendencies are completely unknown. Their arrival could result in completely wiping out the existing human race. However, the above drawbacks can be taken care of by the authorities if they are sensitive and cautious. The governments should closely monitor and regulate the extent of research done by rationally assessing the consequences, and thereby enacting laws to ensure the safety and well being of the people.
In conclusion, just like every new research, genetic engineering seems to have a lot of advantages, and some potential threats which can be made redundant by suitable intervention by governments.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, firstly, however, if, regarding, second, secondly, so, thus, well, while, for example, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 7.85571142285 127% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 10.4138276553 134% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 41.998997996 129% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1931.0 1615.20841683 120% => OK
No of words: 356.0 315.596192385 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.42415730337 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34372677135 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93119962791 2.80592935109 104% => OK
Unique words: 222.0 176.041082164 126% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.623595505618 0.561755894193 111% => OK
syllable_count: 616.5 506.74238477 122% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 6.0 2.52805611222 237% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 0.809619238477 494% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.7376429799 49.4020404114 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.733333333 106.682146367 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.7333333333 20.7667163134 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.73333333333 7.06120827912 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.01903807615 60% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.117472506752 0.244688304435 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0392181126997 0.084324248473 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.028918963084 0.0667982634062 43% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.076636228904 0.151304729494 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0158049693721 0.056905535591 28% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.0 13.0946893788 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 50.2224549098 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.3001002004 119% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.45 12.4159519038 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.54 8.58950901804 123% => OK
difficult_words: 130.0 78.4519038076 166% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 9.78957915832 148% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 10.7795591182 139% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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