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The Selfish Gene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The phrase "selfish gene" in the title of the book was coined by Dawkins as a provocative way of expressing the gene-centric view of evolution, which holds that evolution is best viewed as acting on genes, and that selection at the level of organisms or populations almost never overrides selection on genes. In particular, phenomena such as kin selection and eusociality, where organisms act altruistically, against their individual interests (in the sense of health, safety or personal reproduction) to help related organisms reproduce, can be explained as genes helping copies of themselves in other bodies to replicate. Prior to the 1960s, it was common for such behaviour to be explained in terms of group selection, where the benefits to the organism or even population were supposed to account for the popularity of the genes responsible for the tendency towards that behaviour. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Selfish_Gene   (1317 words)

Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - The Selfish Gene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The phrase "selfish gene" in the title of the book was coined by Dawkins as a provocative way of expressing a particular point of view from which to look at the processes of evolution: that of imagining genes (rather than organisms or species) as the primary drivers and beneficiaries of the evolutionary process. Describing genes with the term "selfish" is not meant to imply that they have actual motives or will—only that their effects can be described as if they do. A crude analogy can be found in the old joke "A chicken is just an egg's way of making more eggs." Likewise, Dawkins describes biological organisms as "vehicles" used by their genes for making more copies of those genes, regardless of the effect they might have on individuals or species. fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/The_Selfish_Gene   (619 words)

Virtue of Selfishness Since selfishness (as she understands it) is serious, rational, principled concern with one's own well-being, it turns out to be a prerequisite for the attainment of the ultimate moral value. Rand understands, though, that the popular usage of the word, "selfish," is different from the meaning she ascribes to it. For her, the truly selfish person is a self-respecting, self-supporting human being who neither sacrifices others to himself nor sacrifices himself to others. www.objectivistcenter.org /objectivism/faqs/jraibley_faq-virtue-selfishness.asp   (882 words)

Selfish Ambition Motivated by selfish ambition, he did not want to submit to God’s plan because he thought it was too restrictive and constraining to be just a military leader. The selfish ambition of Korah was dashed to pieces upon the solid rock of God’s sovereignty. As we said before, selfish ambition is applauded by the world but it is despised in the church of Jesus Christ because selfish ambition is a denial of God’s sovereignty and just rulership. www.gracevalley.org /sermon_trans/1998/Selfish_Ambition.html   (5513 words)

Questions about 'The Selfish Gene' Perhaps because a selfish gene cannot actually be found, the definition has had to be broadened and watered-down, to become any behavior that raises the survival prospects of the genes. To me, selfishness is trying to raise your stakes at the expense of others, which might at times seem to occur in nature, but the examples seen are human misinterpretations that can be understood in a completely different light. If selfish does not mean selfish, but something broader, then I imagine that the new meaning is that genes are positive or seek to function, which is fine and what I agree they do. drbeetle.homestead.com /questions.html   (2995 words)

The Selfish Helping Paradigm Several means by which Selfish Helper mutations can suppress mutations at multiple loci is discussed and the implications for the evolution of intelligence, symbiosis complexity and speciation are described. If we were to examine our Selfish Helper symbiont after the fact then we would conclude that most of them are parasite host relationships because forced separation results in the death or decreased fitness of only one species due to the unmasking of the genetic load. This process may also occur where populations have different Selfish Helping genes and therefore F2 hybrids would have greatly reduced fitness so the f1’s fitness drops as well if their offspring are on average of lower fitness. www.applied-evolution.co.nz /selfishH/selfish_helper.ssi   (3981 words)

Are the Childfree Selfish? - Married No Kids The true meaning of selfishness must be considered in evaluating whether or not the childfree are selfish. Selfish describes the parent who indulges himself at the expense of his child´s well-being, not the person who has never had a child at all. To me, the bottom-line on whether or not the childfree decision is selfish: Someone must be harmed by a decision for that choice to qualify as a selfish action, and since a non-existent child can´t be hurt, the decision not to have children can´t be considered selfish. www.bellaonline.com /articles/art1235.asp   (469 words)

opening pages of The Selfish Gene I stress this, because I know I am in danger of being misunderstood by those people, all toll numerous, who cannot distinguish a statement of belief in what is the case from an advocacy of what ought to be the case. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to. Selfish behavior has exactly the opposite effect.'Welfare' is defined as 'chances of survival', even if the effect on actual life and death prospects is so small as to seem negligible. www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk /dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/Dawkins/Work/Books/selfpage.shtml   (1615 words)

Selfish Isn't capitalism founded upon the evil of selfishness. To have pride in ones accomplishments and character is selfish. To use one's mind in the pursuit of ones own happiness is selfish. capitalism.org /faq/selfishness.htm   (192 words)

The Selfish Gene The world of the selfish gene is one of savage competition, ruthless exploitation, and deceit. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have a chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do. However, we must expect lies and deceit, and selfish exploitation of communication to arise whenever the interests of the genes of different individuals diverge. www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk /dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/Dawkins/Work/Books/selfish.shtml   (3074 words)

Philosophy, et cetera: Selfish Selflessness? 'selfish' genes 'aiming' to replicate themselves), and have conflated the distinct concepts of biological and psychological selfishness. So let’s take the other tact, suppose there is something even more selfish underlying her actions, we interview Jane and we discover that her last memory of her father was at dinner, before he died when she was six. selfishness = "an inappropriate disregard for others" - this is a question of psychological motivation, and doesn't imply anything at all about whether the resultant behaviour is likely to benefit one's genes or not. pixnaps.blogspot.com /2005/01/selfish-selflessness.html   (6778 words)

Are selfish people happier? The selfish people I've known have spent so much time telling themselves they don't care about other people or how other people feel that they've done many things that inconvience the lives of others turning themselves into an outcast and disliked by those they've disregarded leaving selfishness not as a choice but a nessesity. The worse is that some really disgustingly selfish people are reasonably famous people, and towards the society and media they pretend to act nice and sweet and people who don't know their true faces are praising them.. If one person is wantonly selfish in that relationship, you have no altruistic obligation to ignore your own selfishness and "stay around." And in fact, by acting out, negating who you are, you are only contributing to that person's ecological blindness and encouraging their wanton depravity. www.animenfo.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=4858   (4570 words)

Parable of The Selfish Drip But not all was nice and happy during these times, as there was evidence that the bottled waters sometimes turned into raging torrents, where they spontaneously left their homes and hurtled themselves violently into the sea to become salty and uncouth, never to return. The selfish drips took all in their path, and created scaring and devastation upon the earth. There were dissidents amongst the bottled waters who suggested that the drips were not selfish, but functioned in a sensible and reasonable way that should not be tagged with emotionality. drbeetle.homestead.com /drip.html   (739 words)

EDGE: THE SELFISH GENE: THIRTY YEARS ON That isn't the way it is — it is in fact the selfish gene, which means that we expect, and see, individual organisms behaving for the good of their genes, which may mean altruistic behavior at the level of the individual organism. Given that natural selection for selfish genes in that sense tends to favor cooperation, we then have to admit that there are some genes that do no such thing, and work against the interests of the rest of the genome, and these are the things that Matt was talking about, the true selfish DNA. Selfish DNA, in the sense of Orgel and Crick, and Doolittle and Sapienza is DNA which works at the expense of the rest of the genome. www.edge.org /3rd_culture/selfish06/selfish06_index.html   (12686 words)

The Top 10 Key Points About Becoming Incredibly Selfish Selfishness is usually the first step to getting your needs met and building a reserve. Becoming selfish is not really a lifetime ambition -- there's no real point or glory in becoming the most selfish person in the world. Selfishness doesn't not include egocentricity or insensitivity, but many feel that these three words are all synonymous. www.topten.org /public/BL/BL50.html   (755 words)

WOMBATS - Women's Mountain Bike & Tea Society - About - Articles - The Girl's Selfish Team For years, she struggled in a kingdom where boys and men were loud and proud, and the girls and women were quiet and polite, and got a big kick out of helping everyone else. She decided to roam the kingdom, and got a small crowed of other misfit girls and women to agree with her that being loud and proud might be selfish, but for now, selfish was going to have to do. The Selfish Team was spreading a rumor about the kingdom: on a bike you can steal time, and keep the profit (which is fun) even if you were just going to the store--or to work-- on a bike. www.wombats.org /jacquie.html   (784 words)

Amazon.com: The Selfish Gene (Popular Science): Books: Richard Dawkins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The 'selfish gene' is simply a gene that does not aid others at its own expense. Such genes would be better able to reproduce and spread through the gene pool than those that did sacrifice themselves for others, and therefore completely dominate the gene pools of all species as a result of billions of years of evolutionary pressure. Selfishness, a trait regarded negative by the society, is the very fundamental aspect of life. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0192860925?v=glance   (2592 words)

Selfish Hedonist: Is helping your dad get elected against your interests selfISH or selfLESS...??? Conversely, many gay rights leaders find those queers who remain closeted to be selfish because they do so in order to gain financial reward, or societal approval, or merely comfort (while their out counterparts are doing the hard work of social change). Ergo, queers live only for self-gratification and no matter what else goes on in their lives, ultimately (consciously or subconsciously) our entire existence is directed towards the purpose of self-seeking pleasure; queers are not capable of anything but selfish actions whether we know it or not. She says that homosexuals are all inherently weak people, just as they are all inherently selfish people, because they don’t know how to deny themselves anything. selfishhedonist.blogspot.com /2004/09/is-helping-your-dad-get-elected.html   (563 words)

Nathaniel Branden: Reflections on the Ethics of Selflessness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) In this doctrine, selfishness is presumed to be narrow, petty, small-minded, materialistic, immature, narcissistic, anti-social, exploitative, mean-spirited, arrogant, ruthless, indifferent, cruel, and potentially murderous. In taking for granted a conflict between morality and self-interest, exponents of self-sacrifice and selfless service assume, first of all, that no one could have a selfish interest in being moral, and second, that the purpose of morality is not to serve the individual's well-being but to subordinate it to allegedly higher ends. She notices that "selfish" is what some people call her when she is doing what she wants to do rather than what they want her to do. www.nathanielbranden.net /ess/exc01.html   (4283 words)

Selfish Crab   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) I’m noticing a pattern in events of the last four months.  Change is the lone e’er fixed star in our heavens, I guess. Ugh, I just realized a majority of my posts have comments closed, even though I intend for they to be open.  No wonder you people haven’t been responding to my delicious wit. Selfish Crab is based on a person based in Gotham. www.selfishcrab.com   (926 words)

A.A. is NOT a selfish program The word "selfish" ordinarily implies that one is acquisitive, demanding, and thoughtless of the welfare of others. Bill confirmed that selfishness does not in any way have a place in the AA way of life. Selfishness means not only preoccupation with self, but often to the detriment of others. www.sober.org /Selfish.html   (1560 words)

Bing Selfish Bing Selfish: The Crown Prince of Avant-Garde Pop, the dapper crooning Dean Martin of the disaffected and disenfranchised. A philospoher, a poet, a visionary, all of these things and none, the work of Bing Selfish and the Ideals will continue to be appreciated by future generations. First Selfish film is a collaboration with Ramon P., Lonesome Andi Haller and Oriol Pont. www.mohoho.demon.co.uk /BingSelfish.html   (349 words)

Do selfish genes mean selfish people?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Describing genes as selfish is an analogy that has nothing to do with our folk notion of selfishness. The same goes for psychological adaptations: the genes coding for vision are just as 'selfish' as the genes coding for memory, which are just as 'selfish' as the genes coding for muscle control. Psychological adaptations for aggression correspond to our folk notions of 'selfishness', but it should be noted that these adaptations evolved by the same process as every other adaptation. www.anth.ucsb.edu /projects/human/epfaq/selfish.html   (348 words)

Glossary - Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism Maya is an eternally existing mindless, lifeless and delusive power of God that appears and multiplies itself in the form of this universe. It has three qualities: Sattvagun (pious), rajogun (normal or selfish or a mixture of good and bad qualities) and tamogun (evil). It is also called raganuga bhakti and is the means of entering into Golok or Vrindaban abode. encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org /glossary.htm   (4289 words)

The Selfish Class Therein lies the central thesis of the Selfish Gene, that replicators, will, over the course of any sustained processes of differential selection, come to behave as if their only interest was their own survival, to the exclusion of any other consideration. By analogy with the selfish gene, one might ponder the notion of the selfish class. This is a good example of the phenomenon Dawkins called selfishness, whereby the needs of the individual object seem at odds with those of the system as a whole. www.joeyoder.com /papers/patterns/Selfish/selfish.html#Abstract   (6727 words)

XML.com: The Selfish Tag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Let's start out with reasons to consider a selfish approach to XML system development; especially, reasons to be wary of standards. An analogue in the XML world right now might be SOAP: you get increased convenience in that you need to write less message-handling code, but you've unwittingly imported a dependence on deep, as yet unresolved issues, such as the interaction with firewalls and caches. So, from the selfish point of view, simple and old standards are a much safer bet than complex or new ones. www.xml.com /pub/a/2001/10/24/selfishtag.html   (994 words)

Global Power Networks Power can be used or abused, when used creatively as an enabler for social enhancement it is positive-sum, but when used in a narrow and selfish way it proves only to reduce the quality of life of the whole - and that includes the world of the offending 'managers'. However, in any society, the wishes of the majority must ultimately prevail, and the key to enabling change would seem to lie in better education. But despite the extremely limited experimental study of epistatic or synergistic effects (even in the complexity science fields) it seems clear that creativity, growth and better fitnesses are linked to mutual aid and not to mutual opposition (the difference between measuring global absolute fitness versus just local relative fitness). www.calresco.org /lucas/global.htm   (4769 words)

The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) The most obvious basis for objection is to say, "I own this work, and I, not the university, have the right to sell it to a company if I wish". But that places the faculty on the same selfish moral level as the university, so that neither side has a moral advantage in the argument. If, on the other hand, professors say, "I want to be able to make my work fully available to the public without restriction," they occupy the commanding moral position, which a university can oppose only by setting itself against the public, against learning, and against scholarship. www.gnu.org /encyclopedia/free-encyclopedia.html   (3637 words)

Sappho's Breathing: Selfish hedonism sounds good to me I wonder what Alan Keyes thinks about masturbation: Signorile: “So Mary Cheney is a selfish hedonist, is that it?” Keyes: “Of course she is. That goes by definition. From my point of view it is selfish, to be gay or lesbian that is. I know a lesbian who had a one time dated men. By turning her back on men that way and by going against the "normal" social norms and practices, I would say that she is being selfish in the name of sexual pleasure. www.sapphosbreathing.com /archives/000473.html   (1001 words)

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