Richard Dawkins Flashcards
Wanneer intelligent leven op een planeet
Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.
waar is evolutie voor
Evolution is not because of the good of the species it is rather the good of the individual or the gene
We are all other animals’ machines created by our genes.
Hoe altruism
are special circumstances in which a gene can achieve its own selfish goals best by forming limited altruism. We might wish to believe universal love and welfare of the species as a whole concept which simply does not make evolutionary sense.
How are we born
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism because we are born selfish. Lest us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their design.
Our genes may be selfish, but we don’t need to obey them all our lives.
Waar is de mens door gedonimeerd
Man is uniquely dominated by culture by influences learned and handed down.
Altruisme dualiteit
It often turns out altruism is really selfishness in disguise.
Waardoor word individuele selfishness geexplained
the fundamental laws of gene selfishness.
Group selection theory probleem
world becomes populated by self-sacrificing individuals. Not right few selfish people in population would survive more and only selfish people would be alive