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The selfish gene first edition6/20/2023 Once you get over this stumbling block you start to relax into the wonder that he has unfolded.ĭrawing on the works of a few choice scientist that came before him, including George C. I spent the first four or five chapters seething at Dawkins for his, admittedly explained, use of words that personify genetics and evolutionary processes making genes sound like thoughtful, Machiavellian strategists that deploy ever more cunning plans in a bid to duplicate and propagate their direct descendants, while in an earlier or later sentence qualifying this with nods to this not “actually” being the case. You have to adjust the way you think to the dialect of the text, but when you do, a whole new world opens out in front of you. It’s like reading Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting for the first time. Originally written in 1976, and this the second edition in 1989, Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene demands a significant mental shift to get into. The Irvine Welsh of the scientific literary world
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