The same reason they have in the show, once you start with it everyone will eventually have to, or be treated to good old classism which was already gone in trek. Cant compete with 200iq people who can run 50kph and kick through a concrete pillar, if you excuse the hyperboly.
You’re right, in a post-scarcity society we should let people’s genetic advantage be entirely random.
Your parents or grandparents had shit luck? Congrats you get to needlessly be worse than other people!
There is a difference between fixing genetic defects and disabilities and making people smarter better faster stronger than everyone else.
So make everybody smarter better faster stronger.
It’s post-scarcity, what reason is there not to improve the lives of everyone.
The same reason they have in the show, once you start with it everyone will eventually have to, or be treated to good old classism which was already gone in trek. Cant compete with 200iq people who can run 50kph and kick through a concrete pillar, if you excuse the hyperboly.