“Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.” LifeFirstsReasonAgeExistencePlanetsIntelligentWork OutBirthday60th BirthdayIntelligent LifeSelfish Gene Book:The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition Source: The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition
“God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture.” IfsHumansFormReligionValuesCultureEnvironmentSurvivalFaith In GodGod ExistsMemesSelfish Gene Book:The Selfish Gene Source: The Selfish Gene
“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.” ThinkingSometimesCapableSelfishGenesMagnanimitySelfish Gene Author:Jim Broadbent