Posted by alexandra_k on September 26, 2006, at 22:35:14 [reposted on September 29, 2006, at 23:03:34 | original URL]
In reply to Re: I feel better now... Michael83 » alexandra_k, posted by Declan on September 26, 2006, at 21:37:04
I started reading it but I never finished.
He wrote "The Selfish Gene" which is more influential.
People thought natural selection worked at the level of the organism, but he argued that the unit of selection was the gene. Organisms are just things that carry around genes. Thats how come people risk their lives for their kids and stuff... Survival of the genes...He has a book out now on religion. Dennett has one too.
I'll see if I can link to them:
It is controversial...
But kinda interesting. My version of novels...
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