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The Selfish Gene

By Richard Dawkins

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2006
ISBN
0199291144, 0199291152, 9780199291151
Open Library ID
OL17856751M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2782711 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
384\384
Topic
Religion
Time added
2010-10-03 22:52:24

Description

The book itself is not badly written with some interesting ideas. But... Here is the big hole. If as Dawkins says all species competed openly, and us humans are the top place holders in the struggle for existence. Then, where are the second place holders??? E.g. in the Olympics ( or any other open/free/un-manipulated competition)you see the gold medal, the silver medal and the bronze medal winner. In the race among the millions of species, if we humans have invented Google/amazon/space shuttle etc etc and are therefore the gold medal winners. How come no other species has invented the bullock cart yet? For God's sake the reptiles still go naked! And they have supposedly been around longer than us! So, conceptually the idea behind the book has this big flaw.

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