Designer babies of the future

[Alex E]

but what our future race as a whole will develop in to.

Exactly, the real pro's and con's of doing this.

I think by "Choosing" our genetics (Gene Splicing) that we sort of make ourselves "unnatural" , We lose our "Natural" characteristics and replace them with "Perfect" characteristics. Choosing these factors could create a paradox for our human race.

... If it were up to me, I would leave it alone.

Sounds awesome... but, I dont dont like the unbalance of bad it brings...I dont think its worth it.

Ok and what would you say about the idea of having 'best of both worlds' by selecting a certain combination of a woman's egg and a guy's spermcell (doctors just randomly pick an amount and the parents can choose a combo), and then getting the severy traumatising/problematic things out of the way (say, severe cleptomania, a dick like a toothpick, or a 90% chance of getting some kind of terrible disease)?
Just wondering because that's the concept I'd go for personally, but almost everybody goes either 'perfect babies' or 'do nothing'.