Re: virus: Altruism, Empathy, the Superorganism, and the Priso ner'sDillema

Martz (martz@martz.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 26 Apr 1997 12:32:18 +0100


On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, Robin Faichney <r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk> wrote:
>Martz wrote:
>>On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Robin Faichney <r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Dawkins
>>>says it's genes and not necessarily people that are selfish,
>>
>>And exactly what does 'self' mean when we talk about a selfish gene?
>
>The gene, of course!

So in reply to your question about what self means when we're talking
about people; the person, of course. If you're going to object to using
particular terms you must lead by example.

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