Think about it: What if there was an entrenched set of real smart scientists who would have their funding DRASTICALLY reduced when Dolly was produced? They would have pulled out ALL the stops in their welcome of this new cloning technology that only works 1/1000th % of the time, wouldn’t they?
So... why don’t we have a bunch of clamor surrounding Dolly the Sheep? Because there is no such entrenched competition for resources, that’s why.
Nobody wise sees science as a zero sum game as long as it is truthful.
And competition conspiracy games?
Who wouldn’t WANT a cold fusion battery that you could count on? But they aren’t going to jump at the chance to do it until someone shows it isn’t smoke and mirrors.
Too often, hoaxes HAVE driven scientists astray.
This is like saying doctors don’t want cancer cured because now what happens to cancer treatment profits... forgetting that if what is a myriad of conditions could be cured in one fell swoop then that would leave a lot of surviving people that need OTHER kinds of health care still. If it isn’t cancer it’s Alzheimer’s. Or whatever. This mortal coil is guaranteed to come with sickness and death risk of some kind.