Many people do not support genetic research because the benefits of knowing your own genetic makeup are insignificant. The complexity, lack of important findings and deficiency of scientific developments concerning genomes provide reasons to eliminate spending on research in genetics. 

The human genome is a complex display of 23 chromosomes, billions of DNA base pairs and thousands of genes. It is clinically useless to look through the entire genome for bits of code that may be related to some condition or characteristic. Thus far genes found to be correlated with certain traits only explain a small fraction of the heritable variation in large populations; majority of health conditions like hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia involve more than a single gene mutation, making them difficult to decode. The complexity of the genome makes genetic testing an insignificant, expensive task with little benefit.

Trying to learn about our genomes is especially wasteful economically because we lack the necessary scientific developments to make sense of the genome. The knowledge and machinery necessary to actually decode the significance of the entire genome will likely never exist! As it stands we do not know enough about polygenetic disorders, gene expression and environmental affects on gene expression to properly make use of genetic profiles. It is ridiculous to waste our valuable time and money on uncovering genetic profiles. We should be trying to find a cure for something more important like cancer.

The current knowledge we have obtained from the billions spent thus far on genetic research is negligible. For example, a recent study of 6,000 children found that the gene with the largest effect on intelligence accounted for less than one-quarter of an I.Q. point. In another study of 16,000 people, the dozen genes found that most correlate with height only accounted for two percent (or less than an inch) of the variation in height. After all that has already been put into genetic research, we should know more than that! Considering the immense amount of money we spend to fund genetic research and the little knowledge we have gained from it, our money, time and resources could be put to better use in a different field.