I absolutely don't want to diminish the work of breeders (and also genetic engineers). They have done magic, they're legit scientists and they are the reason we

I absolutely don't want to diminish the work of breeders (and also genetic engineers). They have done magic, they're legit scientists and they are the reason we haven't starved to death even though the human population is at plague level. I'm just pointing out what I think is a rule of thumb (not just in biology). By aggressively optimizing something, you are probably diminishing many of the things that you are not explicitly optimizing for. Breeders are sensitive to farmers' (their customers') demands and they are sensitive to supermarkets'. They demand breeds that sell and are otherwise are economical. Ultimately consumers are pretty responsible. We are visual creatures. How thugs look affects our decisions. When we reason and when we talk we'll talk about all the things that are important. For food, that's taste. But when we make decisions our instinct is that looks good = is good. We go for the best looking bananas, fish, or even mates. We buy more sweetcorn corn when its nicely peeled and presented even though it's not good to peel corn until you plan to cook it.