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The selfish gene model often works to explain behaviour, but it doesn't follow that it should be used to justify or guide it. Society and cultures do many thing
by fulafel 5y ago
The selfish gene model often works to explain behaviour, but it doesn't follow that it should be used to justify or guide it. Society and cultures do many things to keep our biological instincts in check and to rise above our instincts.
(Also there are lots of preconditions, aka reasons, for human and other life on earth...)
- catlifeonmars 5y agoThe term “selfish gene”, as coined by Dawkins, actually is orthogonal to individual, familial, species or “line” fitness referred to by the parent post. Under the selfish gene hypothesis, genes seek to increase their own reproductive success, and it’s not a rule that this is aligned with an organism or species fitness. (Of course, genes don’t actually “seek” anything in the personified sense)