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Originally Posted by MaRo
Thank you Vissin this answers a lot of questions in my mind
So, is the Genetic engineer a doctor or engineer?
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Let us first define a doctor
A doctor is anyone with a doctoral degree in a particular subject. It is incorrect to refer to a person with a medical degree as doctor but since 19th century physicians are being called doctor and with passage of time this belief has become stronger. I assume here you mean the medical profession.
An Engineer is a person who solves problems. They apply the laws of nature discovered by scientists to solve problems or create something new that would be helpful for people in other professions.
Therefore considering all views I think that a genetic engineer is an engineer. The laws governing the genetics of a person remain the same. A genetic engineer works in the boundary of these laws to produce things that would help doctors in fighting some diseases, farmers to produce better crops eg the genetically modified rice called Basmati, and other such applications