Do they ever give details on the eugenics wars? Like I assume it was a war between countries trying to do eugenics and countries who didn’t but who won? Does eugenics include gene editing? I have to assume that a civilization as advanced as Star Trek would be able to edit out cancer risks and the like from genes.
Worth considering if records from our time didn’t make it through with high fidelity and “eugenics” was.how they interpreted the christo–fascist-race-purity axis.of current conflicts.
What we know is that humans created improved versions. Stronger, smarter, more ruthless and cunning, more charismatic and good looking. And of course, also more ambitious.
Due to their objective superiority they rise to leadership positions in many countries or regions, and start warring with each other for world domination.
I don’t think it is detailed how the normal humans overcome the warlords, but they are defeated and killed / exiled (khan etc) and gene editing becomes illegal for everything but severe birth defects.
At some point they absolutely include gene editing. But I’m not sure if they get into how it started, and I think the gene editing part was an attempt to make a better weapon.
Do they ever give details on the eugenics wars? Like I assume it was a war between countries trying to do eugenics and countries who didn’t but who won? Does eugenics include gene editing? I have to assume that a civilization as advanced as Star Trek would be able to edit out cancer risks and the like from genes.
Worth considering if records from our time didn’t make it through with high fidelity and “eugenics” was.how they interpreted the christo–fascist-race-purity axis.of current conflicts.
What we know is that humans created improved versions. Stronger, smarter, more ruthless and cunning, more charismatic and good looking. And of course, also more ambitious.
Due to their objective superiority they rise to leadership positions in many countries or regions, and start warring with each other for world domination.
I don’t think it is detailed how the normal humans overcome the warlords, but they are defeated and killed / exiled (khan etc) and gene editing becomes illegal for everything but severe birth defects.
Also, at least in Khan’s case, extremely narcissistic, which was his downfall both times.
At some point they absolutely include gene editing. But I’m not sure if they get into how it started, and I think the gene editing part was an attempt to make a better weapon.