Actually Quote by 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

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

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

— Matt Ridley

Of course we're all programmed genetically to some extent. But the "selfish gene" thesis doesn't explain everything.

— Jane Goodall

“The gene is the basic unit of selfishness.”

— Richard Dawkins

A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as individual altruism…

— 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

“an iron rule exists in genetic social evolution. It is that selfish individuals beat altruistic individuals, while groups of altruists beat groups of selfish…

— Edward O. Wilson

“Many people think that the theory of the selfish gene says that “animals try to spread their genes.” That misstates the facts and it…

— Steven Pinker

One of the great issues in biology is the origin of altruism - of why you would do something for someone else that could…

— Isabella Rossellini

“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

I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the…

— B. F. Skinner