"Next , Dr. Lipton destroys any notion that our genes control us : `` ..... the media repeatedly distort the meaning of two words : correlation and causation . It 's one thing to be linked to a disease ; it 's quite another to cause a disease , which implies a directing , controlling action . If I show you my keys and say that a particular key `` controls `` my car , you at first might think that makes sense because you know you need that key to turn on the ignition . But does the key actually `` control `` the car ? If it did , you could n't leave the key in the car alone because it might just borrow your car for a joy ride when you are not paying attention . In truth , the key is `` correlated `` with the control of the car ; but the person who actually turns the key actually controls the car . Specific genes are correlated with an organism 's behavior and characteristics . But these genes are not activated until something triggers them. ``"
"So this means that genes are not related to the traits our body has ? I did n't think so ..."
"destroys any notion media repeatedly distort control of the car"
"genes are not related traits our body has"