GeofCox on Nostr: npub15zhpn…vtxc0 Doesn't this article actually misunderstand the idea of 'the ...
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Doesn't this article actually misunderstand the idea of 'the selfish gene'?
Surely Dawkins' central argument is precisely that it's genes that are selfish, not organisms (much less intelligent ones)?
Whole organisms frequently behave co-operatively and altruistically, and habitually risk their own lives - obviously - precisely because (according to Dawkins) it's the genes' survival that drives behaviour, not the organism's individual survival.
Doesn't this article actually misunderstand the idea of 'the selfish gene'?
Surely Dawkins' central argument is precisely that it's genes that are selfish, not organisms (much less intelligent ones)?
Whole organisms frequently behave co-operatively and altruistically, and habitually risk their own lives - obviously - precisely because (according to Dawkins) it's the genes' survival that drives behaviour, not the organism's individual survival.