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Jerry Coyne Mucks Up and Misreads “Die, Selfish Gene, Die”

Posted on by David Dobbs · 27 Comments

Below is a corrective comment I left below Jerry Coyne’s second of two posts (his first is here) critiquing “Die, Selfish Gene, Die,” my recent article in Aeon about complaints from some biologists that the “Selfish Gene” framing of genetics and evolution was hindering both public and scientific understanding of genetics and evolution. This is rather a tempest […]

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My TL,DR version of “Die, Selfish Gene, Die”

Posted on by David Dobbs · 22 Comments

Many have liked  “Die, Selfish Gene, Die,” my Aeon piece challenging Richard Dawkins “Selfish Gene” meme. Quite a few readers have objected to and disagreed with the story, sometimes sharply. Some readers have both liked it and objected to it. At least one objected both rudely and inaccurately; I answer that here.  I want to thank everyone who’s read […]

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