COGNITIVE DISSONANTICS

The “selfish gene” idea began when someone watched toddlers for one afternoon.

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The selfish gene idea was popularized by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, drawing on evolutionary biology about gene-level selection. It did not come from watching toddlers.

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