I don’t mind The Selfish Gene so much as I hate Richard Dawkins for being a misogynistic transphobe who hung out with Epstein after his first conviction. For an enlightened rational athiest, he is quite narrow minded about science that doesn’t agree with his reactionary worldview.
Wait, we don’t like The Selfish Gene? Seems to be a good idea, at least from the evolutionary perspective if not the sociological one.
I don’t mind The Selfish Gene so much as I hate Richard Dawkins for being a misogynistic transphobe who hung out with Epstein after his first conviction. For an enlightened rational athiest, he is quite narrow minded about science that doesn’t agree with his reactionary worldview.
Scientifically, no. The selfish gene he posits is on the level of saying you only use 10% of your brain.
The book isn’t all good. There’s some strong arguments even against the concept of memes, but I think that particular idea is pretty robust
How so? Wikipedia and most sources near the top of DuckDuckGo seem to think that the idea is generally well-received, with a few minor quibbles.
Nope, that’s what I was referencing (wait i think the term meme came from that book). gotta give the man the flowers that he’s due