Ah, I think I get what you mean, if only part of it. The colony I was born in have long since started walking that road. They preferred those uncomplicatedly useful for their purposes. And anyone else was there to be fodder or stepping stones for ones with more "desirable" powers.

[ The image of Yukinami's face after trying to prove his worth to the researchers enters her mind. ]

It sounds like such a joke to label it "acceptable".