Precisely. Engineering lifeforms is more difficult than it is with machinery, and we've seen a lot of examples as to how engineering with machines can go badly wrong and overextend itself (see: Ratte tank). Purebred domestic animals have major problems and increasingly so these days. Purebred humans end up looking like this:
So the whole idea shows more of a concept of magical thinking than of biology.
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Re: For what it's worth, the issue may be moot
Date: 11/8/11 18:58 (UTC)So the whole idea shows more of a concept of magical thinking than of biology.