Is it unethical to build the perfect baby?

[Swagnificent]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24381149

A US patent for a database that uses DNA testing to tell prospective parents which traits their future offspring may inherit has been criticised by experts.

23andMe says its Family Traits Inheritor Calculator can predict the risk of inheriting specific diseases as well as details such as height, weight, eye colour and even personality.

Couples send the firm a saliva sample to see what their babies might be like.

But critics have called the project "ethically and socially treacherous".

These "experts" gotta be the stupidest people ever. How on earth is it unethical to want a child that doesn't have diseases or is tall, good-looking, etc.?

Whenever I decide to have a child I'm definitely gonna use their services. I sure as hell wouldn't wanna raise no ugly fat retarded disease riddled kid.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

what you gonna do if its your genes causing the "problem" though?

 

[OfTheCross]

man, i thought this was going to be about a breakthrough that actually allowed me to choose what I wanted.

This is just some bullshyt company making predictions. I want certainties.

 

[Malta]

I wouldn't mind if my son had the traits that led to being 6'11" with knees made of adamantium