Benefits Quote by Richard Dawkins

“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

“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

“Thus, for our purposes, genes aren’t about inevitability. Instead they’re about context-dependent tendencies, propensities, potentials, and vulnerabilities. All embedded in the fabric of the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

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

Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They're about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

When we talk about genes for anything, like a gene for being gay or a gene for being aggressive or something of that sort,…

— Richard Dawkins

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

— Richard Dawkins

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

— Jane Goodall

“the popular conception of the gene as a simple causal agent is not valid. The idea that there is a gene for adventurousness, heart…

— Eva Jablonka

Genes are not about inevitabilities; they're about potentials and vulnerabilities.

— Robert Sapolsky

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