This is what I need to remember:

[deadstar_1]

The phrase "selfish gene" in the title of the book was coined by Dawkins as a provocative way of expressing the gene-centric view of evolution, which holds that evolution is best viewed as acting on genes, and that selection at the level of organisms or populations almost never overrides selection on genes. More precisely, an organism is expected

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[bigme]

I should read Dawkins's book.
Didn't i send you that song the other day? :)

[deadstar_1]

my friend alastair sent it to me along with nick cage's empty little boat (haven't heard that yet...). Selfish Gene is just about genetics really, not amazingly interesting, i just need to read it for my evolutionary psychology module. the extended phenotype is supposed to be better, more up to date.