Nowadays, most scientific research is funded and conducted by private companies, rather than the government. Do the advantages of this situation outweigh its disadvantages?

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Scientific
research
plays an imperative role in
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the developments
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developments
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development
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of countries.
These
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research
mostly
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conducted and supported by private firms rather than
governments
. Some people believe that
this
situation has more benefits than drawbacks while some disagree. From my personal view, I agree that the advantages are far more than the disadvantages. Private companies usually have more capital on some specific scientific
research
in many industries
such
as medical, technology, environmental, mechanical and chemical.
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, Apple which is a huge tech firm
develop
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electrical devices invented many new high technology devices and many useful
application
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applications
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.
In addition
, Pfizer developed
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mRNA
mrna
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the mrna
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vaccine for covid 19 in a limited time for the pandemic.
Although
these private
company
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companies
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considerably earn a huge amount of capital from selling their products to the world, people
also
significantly benefit
with
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better quality and more convenient lives.
However
,
governments
have no control
in
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over
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many aspects
on
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of
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private firms and their products, especially pricing.
This
can make high tech and newly invented products too expensive and not affordable for many
population
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populations
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. When there are more demands, the prices
also
increase.
Furthermore
,
governments
will need to depend on those private companies for their advancement in every
industries
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industry
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.
For example
, vaccines, medicine, computers and electronic devices, satellites, applications and renewable energy sources.
Governments
will have to spend more money than necessary on private companies. In conclusion,
advantages
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the advantages
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from
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of
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scientific
research
from private institutes outweigh its drawbacks since it has improved people’s quality of
lives
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life
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and countries in many aspects. It
also
help
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saves
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many lives.
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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic

IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.

Answer structure for the type of essay

  • Introduction
  • Body paragraph 1 – advantages
  • Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
  • Conclusion

Examples to start your body paragraph:

  • The main advantage is...
  • The disadvantage of this...
  • The main benefit...
  • Despite these advantages...
  • One possible drawback...

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