Do genetic engineers believe in intelligent design or evolution


Imagine, for the sake of this topic, our civilization in say... 1000 years from now... we find ourselves in a world without war and immense technological knowledge, vast understandings of physics, biological chemistry and genetics... also TIME MODULATION (important for a specific point)

In this world... Genetic Artists can use computers to design lifeforms, modelling shape and size, from hair and feather coloration to skeletal motor function, to metabolic functionality.. and at any time, the computer uses nanobots to actually build the DNA of the creature, atom by atom, then insert the DNA into an ovum and produce a gestating zygote which can be grown ultra fast in it's early stages so during the life form's research and development phase, it can be virtually instantly, viewed and tested and displayed in it's intended ecosystem in a laboratory environment, before being introduced into the "field" or "planetary lab" where different aspects of it's coding can be tested as to how it fares in interacting with the environment and other lifeforms, including microscopic fauna.

Now say there is so much productivity in this industry, so much excitement and economic activity surrounding it, and so much intuitively designed processes, that theses genetic artists are only limited by their own imagination as to what they can create.... people ordering exotic alien custom pets, certain artists becoming famous for their stylized creations...

...That there develops a new sort of competition in this industry, a competition that naturally forms in any industry.
Rival companies vie for consumer brand loyalty because of product QUALITY and PERFORMANCE.

Now, if you create a product that breaks, and your competitor creates one that lasts, then you will have customers writing reviews and informing one another as to which is the best deal, and eventually your customers will jump ship.

Say for instance there is a condensed version of this competition in an actual reality TV contest, for all to see...

Company "A" and Company "B" put forth their best Genetic Artists on task to create a specific life form that lives in a certain environment, a "planetary laboratory". The contest includes challenges such as unexpected environmental changes, introduced predators, diseases, etc that will test the life form's resilience.

For the sake of the concept I'm expressing here... The technology involved to modulate time, fast forward and rewind time in a specific sector of space relative to the rest of space is used in order for the humans to leave the planet, then send the lab planet millions of years into the future while the organisms 'do their thing' and can be viewed at a distant date to see what has transpired after all that time.

the end result is that Company "B" WINS...

why?.. Because they had introduced a specific area of DNA code that ascribed for a type of "Dynamic Adaptation" where the genetic coding of the organism would be able to actually incite it's own mutation in order to change and adapt to any environmental change that presented itself.
Company "A" had no such code, so the first threat to the life form wiped it's species out.
Company "A" was sure to learn from Company "B" and apply Dynamic Adaptation code into all new Genetic Projects.

Another side note about the lab planet a million years in the future is that humans popped up and saw this Dynamic Adaptation in action and called it "evolution".


moral of the story... your "CREATION" is going to cease existing if you do not implement a method of "EVOLUTION" into the cards.

You should write a book. Very entertaining read.

I suppose, I'm quite close to being a genetic engineer (although it's not exactly what I do). Anyway, to answer the question, I don't believe in neither, ID or evolution. However, I acknowledge that evolution is a natural phenomenon, and I believe, that that modern synthesis explains it extraordinarily well (I can't think of another theory that is backed up by such level of experimental evidence, i.e. we understand evolution better than we understand e.g. gravity or aging).

Because they had introduced a specific area of DNA code that ascribed for a type of "Dynamic Adaptation" where the genetic coding of the organism would be able to actually incite it's own mutation in order to change and adapt to any environmental change that presented itself.

In this story, how exactly did company A manage to counter naturally occurring mutations and natural selection or "dynamic adaptation"?

I easily believe both when put into this context.

I eagerly studied the biological sciences, at the undergrad level, and eventually graduated a wildlife biology major. I had a strong interest in organic chemistry. The closest I've come to actually being a biologist, after finishing school, is when I was raising frogs to sell.

While a student, I put a little thought into how likely a complex biological life form could be created by us, and concluded we were on the track to do it. I graduated more than 2 decades ago, and so many journals and articles have since been published, which leave me without any doubt that we can create life. Eventually, if not already.

If we can create life, then it's arrogant to assume we are the first or last civilization in the universe to reach this level of science. Therefore, I am forced to believe creationism . is at least a possible history for us, by default.

I am a 'genetic engineer', or molecular biologist as we call ourselves, and I believe in Evolution and not intelligent design. I've seen no proof for the latter, while evolution is well established fact based on mountains of evidence.