Courses Quote by Jane Goodall

Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear.

— Richard Dawkins

Just as blueprints don't necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don't necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most selfish thing…

— Steven Pinker

“The gene is the basic unit of selfishness.”

— Richard Dawkins

People who criticize The Selfish Gene like that often haven't read it. The selfish gene accounts for altruism toward kin and individuals who might…

— Richard Dawkins

I've always been antagonistic to any naïve application of the selfish gene theory to politics. Some people have attempted to suggest that it means…

— Richard Dawkins

Our minds have been built by selfish genes, but they have been built to be social, trustworthy and cooperative.

— Matt Ridley

Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs.

— Richard Dawkins

“there is a pressure for genes to be selfish, but in an enlightened way, to collaborate, coordinate, and play their small part in ensuring…

— Daniel Bor

We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills…

— Richard Dawkins

I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.

— Jim Broadbent

“We are survival machines-robot vehicles blindly programmer to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with…

— Richard Dawkins

Human beings are just gene machines.

— Richard Dawkins