From 5b1e5e0b3c45bce682ff051e8d8a89fe7731ba5ddcec0014f3fa7289a99253f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Johnson Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: Convert refs: book-the-selfish-gene --- content/entry/book-the-selfish-gene.md | 10 ++-------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/entry/book-the-selfish-gene.md') diff --git a/content/entry/book-the-selfish-gene.md b/content/entry/book-the-selfish-gene.md index 6ac4438..c65a2e0 100644 --- a/content/entry/book-the-selfish-gene.md +++ b/content/entry/book-the-selfish-gene.md @@ -2,15 +2,9 @@ title: "[Book] The Selfish Gene" date: 2021-04-08T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- -Famous atheist, evolutionary biologist, and coiner of the modern term "meme" Richard Dawkins[1] takes a gene-centric view of Darwinian evolution by natural selection in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. The gene-centric view of evolution is beautifully elegant. It does a better job of explaining evolutionary concepts than overly reductionist theories such as group selection. The basic idea is incredibly simple, an overview of it given in the first two chapters with the rest of the book going into further detail. +Famous atheist, evolutionary biologist, and coiner of the modern term "meme" [Richard Dawkins](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins) takes a gene-centric view of Darwinian evolution by natural selection in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. The gene-centric view of evolution is beautifully elegant. It does a better job of explaining evolutionary concepts than overly reductionist theories such as group selection. The basic idea is incredibly simple, an overview of it given in the first two chapters with the rest of the book going into further detail. -[Book Link][2] +[Book Link](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene) > “In the beginning was simplicity.” -- Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene - - -Link(s): -[1: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins) -[2: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene) -- cgit v1.2.3