Why does it sometimes seem that mainstream scientists view almost every disease as a genetic disease? Maybe it's because there is a mountain of funding available to do research from that point of view.
Case in point:
Bad Driving May Have Genetic Basis, Study Finds
If this was a cancer study scientists might call this a disease gene. But are car wrecks really a genetic disease?
Some genes have been found that may raise the risk of Scoliosis. This leads many people to call Scoliosis a genetic disease. However the reality is that until scientists discover why genes create susceptability these correlations mean a lot less than most people might think.
Case in point:
Bad Driving May Have Genetic Basis, Study Finds
People with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it -- and a follow-up test a few days later yielded similar results. About 30 percent of Americans have the variant.
Some genes have been found that may raise the risk of Scoliosis. This leads many people to call Scoliosis a genetic disease. However the reality is that until scientists discover why genes create susceptability these correlations mean a lot less than most people might think.