Originally Posted by
protonitron
I compare them because you are talking about surgery to demove negative human traits. That already exists. You also talked about absolute obedience and freedom of greed and selfishness. That is what lobotomy was seen as. A cure of psychiatric problems. The frontal lobe is what makes us human and gives us our personality. Other than that it is a pretty unnecessary part of the brain. What you are talking about seens kinda similar.
Lobotomy causes a vegetative conscious-coma, nothing to do with emotional behavior.
And there is no "surgery" that can tweak our dna.