Because people are not dogs.
If I want a female German Shepherd who is good with children, overtly affectionate, agile, medium-sized, good around guns and loud noises, strong bite and obedient, I can go to a breeder and have that precise dog produced. I know that for a fact, because I did exactly that, and she’s licking my face right now... So why not people? And why would that be undesirable?
To answer the question of why it would be undesirable, consider who would be the dog-people, and who would be the dog-people buyers who go to the dog-people breeder to get the precise dog-person they want. And who would be the dog-people breeders, in this scenario?
Thanks for your response. You write:
> Because people are not dogs.
(Grin!) Some people might say “more’s the pity”, but I take your point.
> To answer the question of why it would be undesirable, consider who would be the dog-people, and who would be the dog-people buyers who go to the dog-people breeder to get the precise dog-person they want. And who would be the dog-people breeders, in this scenario?
I suppose that might be a role taken up by those who do arranged marriages like they do in some cultures. One of which being muslims...
...ok, which I guess answers that question rather tidily.
I guess where I am getting to in my learning on this thread is that Eugenics isn’t “bad science” or “false science” that has been proven scientifically to be false, but rather that it is “unethical science” or “evil science” that we as humans oughtn’t to meddle with.
Just because we *can* technically do something doesn’t mean that we *have* to or *ought* to or *must* do it.