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== Altruism denial ==

== Altruism denial ==

The fundamental purpose of Dawkins' book is to account for one of the most serious contradictions to Darwinism, the existence of altruism in nature (see [[Counterexamples to Evolution]]).  To do so, he simply denies that altruism truly exists, and attempts to account for its perceived occurrence by reducing all animal behavior to selfishness, with increasingly twisted logic.  As critics noted, his work is extremely speculative and shy on evidence, but was glorified by atheists as it agreed with their worldview.  As such, ''The Selfish Gene'' has become lauded by the atheist Darwinist movement, but otherwise largely ignored.

The fundamental purpose of Dawkins' book is to account for one of the most serious contradictions to Darwinism, the existence of altruism in nature (see [[Counterexamples to Evolution]]).  To do so, he simply denies that altruism truly exists, and attempts to account for its perceived occurrence by attempting to explain seemingly altruistic behaviors as, instead, attempts to preserve other copies of an individual's genes in the population. For example, Dawkins argues that given a choice between saving the life of a sibling and a cousin, all other factors being equal, the individual in question is more likely to save the sibling because the sibling is more likely to share more genes.  As critics noted, his work is extremely speculative and shy on evidence, but was glorified by atheists as it agreed with their worldview.  As such, ''The Selfish Gene'' has become lauded by the atheist Darwinist movement, but otherwise largely ignored.

== Memes ==

== Memes ==