Presenting a new approach to understanding evolution, Dawkins asserts that our genes build and maintain us in order to make more genes, instead of thinking about organisms using genes to reproduce themselves. From front flap: "Dawkins draws on everything from game theory to his concept of memes--uni...
It was mentioned in the context of how we shouldn't be looking at humanity, but rather at DNA when it comes to existential risks.
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You've read The Selfish Gene you're looking at humanity you should be looking at DNA that's I mean listen we're just we're just meat puppets getting the stuff to the future right
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It was mentioned in the context of how we shouldn't be looking at humanity, but rather at DNA when it comes to existential risks.
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You've read The Selfish Gene you're looking at humanity you should be looking at DNA that's I mean listen we're just we're just meat puppets getting the stuff to the future right
The book was cited while discussing the meme concept, noting its 1976 publication.
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think back of Richard Dawkins when he introduced the concept of the meme and his 1976 book The Selfish Gene so there was a whole field that unfortunately hasn't lived up to its promise.
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The book was cited while discussing the meme concept, noting its 1976 publication.
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think back of Richard Dawkins when he introduced the concept of the meme and his 1976 book The Selfish Gene so there was a whole field that unfortunately hasn't lived up to its promise.
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Peterson criticized Dawkins's book for its reductive view of reproduction and sex, claiming that it promotes nihilism by reducing everything to the replication of genetic material. The implications of Dawkins's claims are described as 'very damaging'.
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his book the selfish gene what what would you say the the the sense that that desire is there is implicit in the text
It was mentioned as the book where the term "meme" was first coined in 1976, originally in the context of explaining the process of replication, mutation, and evolution of ideas, not internet memes.
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But the term itself didn't come into being until 1976 when Richard Dawkins wrote a book called The Selfish Gene.
— Episode: The Rise of Memetic Warfare
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It was mentioned as the book where the term "meme" was first coined in 1976, originally in the context of explaining the process of replication, mutation, and evolution of ideas, not internet memes.
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But the term itself didn't come into being until 1976 when Richard Dawkins wrote a book called The Selfish Gene.
And he wasn't originally talking about the internet. He was just trying to explain this process of replication, mutation, and evolution that occurs with ideas.
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The concept of memes was discussed, referencing Dawkins's book, where he introduced the term, though not in the context of internet memes, but rather ideas that replicate and spread.
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But it was not speaking of an internet meme like a the way that we imagine them now. It was any idea or concept that basically travels and replicates throughout culture.
Episode: The Rise of Memetic Warfare
It was mentioned as the origin of the term 'meme' in 1976, as Dawkins used it to explain the process of replication, mutation and evolution in ideas, not originally referring to internet memes.
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But the term itself didn't come into being Until 1976 when Richard Dawkins Wrote a book called The Selfish Gene
Episode: Listener Mail: Reincarnation, Fairy Tales, and Mem...
The word "meme" was discussed, as it was first used by Richard Dawkins in his book, but not necessarily in the internet meme format we understand it today. He used it to describe the spread of ideas or concepts throughout culture.
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But it was not speaking of an internet meme like a the way that we imagine them now. It was any idea or concept that basically travels and replicates throughout culture.
Episode: The Rise of Memetic Warfare
It was mentioned as the book where the term 'meme' was coined in 1976, explaining the process of replication, mutation and evolution that occurs with ideas, not initially related to the internet.
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But the term itself didn't come into being Until 1976 when Richard Dawkins Wrote a book called The Selfish Gene
Episode: Listener Mail: Reincarnation, Fairy Tales, and Mem...
The concept of memes as replicating and evolving ideas was discussed, referencing Dawkins's book where he introduced the term 'meme' in a broader cultural context, not specifically internet memes.
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It was not speaking of an internet meme like the way that we imagine them now. It was any idea or concept that basically travels and replicates throughout culture.
The speaker recounted reading Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene" and finding evolutionary explanations for human behavior compelling, particularly regarding origins and compassion.
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And when I first read, actually Richard Dawkins, when I first read The Selfish Gene and I began to learn about evolution, I thought, oh my God, they don't make so much sense. This is why we are the wa...
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The speaker recounted reading Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene" and finding evolutionary explanations for human behavior compelling, particularly regarding origins and compassion.
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And when I first read, actually Richard Dawkins, when I first read The Selfish Gene and I began to learn about evolution, I thought, oh my God, they don't make so much sense. This is why we are the way we are.
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The speaker mentioned reading Richard Dawkins's "The Selfish Gene" and being amazed by its explanation of human behavior through the lens of evolution. The book profoundly impacted their understanding of human origins and morality.
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And when I first read, actually Richard Dawkins, when I first read The Selfish Gene and I began to learn about evolution, I thought, oh my God, they don't make so much sense. This is why we are the way we are.
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It was described as mind-blowing by Jonathan Haidt, who was deeply impacted by its simple explanation of Darwin's ideas.
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And when I started reading about history of capitalism, I had the same experience.
So I guess what I'm saying is that I wish everybody in high school. Here's what I wish we could do. Let's cancel two years of math for all of our high school students, everything beyond, everything beyond basic algebra you don't need even if you're a scientist you don't need it. So cancel most of the math and put in statistics, basic economics, and I think introductory psychology. But anyway, the point is everybody should learn about capitalism and evolution by the time they're 18.
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It was described as mind-blowing by the speaker, who stated that Darwin's ideas, explained in the book, were transformative for them. The speaker also highly recommended a set of lectures on the history of capitalism by a teacher named Muller.
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And when I started reading about history of capitalism, I had the same experience.
So I guess what I'm saying is that I wish everybody in high school. Here's what I wish we could do. Let's cancel two years of math for all of our high school students, everything beyond, everything beyond basic algebra you don't need even if you're a scientist you don't need it. So cancel most of the math and put in statistics, basic economics, and I think introductory psychology.
When I was in college, I first read Richard Dawkins book The Selfish Gene.
And Darwin's ideas are so simple from a few principles you can explain all the diversity of life on earth.
And that was a really transformative experience for me.
