The God delusion.
@article{Alessi2012TheGD, title={The God delusion.}, author={Charles Alessi}, journal={The Health service journal}, year={2012}, volume={122 6321}, pages={ 18 } }
Richard Dawkins is an Oxford professor and the author of a series of best-selling books that popularize a version of evolutionary theory. According to Dawkins, evolution is driven by "replicators"—genes, and also "memes," viruses of the mind that spread and persist in human populations. Those genes and memes that replicate most effectively become dominant, with every consequence for the natural world and for civilization and history. The usefulness of this notion, which does have the virtue of… CONTINUE READING
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