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A Calm Eye on the Selfish Gene Storm

Posted on March 14, 2014 by David Dobbs / 1 Comment

Over at the Genetic Literacy Project, editor Kenrick Vezina offers a particularly level-headed and constructive consideration of the debate over the fitness of ...

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“Die, Selfish Gene, Die” Has Evolved

Posted on December 13, 2013 by David Dobbs / 13 Comments

This morning Aeon published a revised version of my story “Die, Selfish Gene, Die,” which originally ran last Tuesday. The title is the same, the su...

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