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==The Selfish Gene==
==The Selfish Gene==
This article seems rather biassed to discussion of one book by Dawkins - "The God Delusion". It could point out that his most famous book is probably [[The Selfish Gene]]. This book argues that the gene should be seen as the unit of natural selection. The article could point out that this book has been criticised by Rose, Lewontin and Kamin in their book "Not in Our Genes" for promoting genetic determinism. [[User:Carltonio|Carltonio]] ([[User talk:Carltonio|talk]]) 12:22, 20 June 2020 (EDT)
This article seems rather biassed to discussion of one book by Dawkins - "The God Delusion". It could point out that his most famous book is probably [[The Selfish Gene]]. This book argues that the gene should be seen as the unit of natural selection. The article could point out that this book has been criticised by Rose, Lewontin and Kamin in their book "Not in Our Genes" for promoting genetic determinism. [[User:Carltonio|Carltonio]] ([[User talk:Carltonio|talk]]) 12:22, 20 June 2020 (EDT)
:The book The God Delusion sold about 3 times as many copies as The Selfish Gene. My guess is that as far as the free copies he is giving away in Arabic, etc. has The God Delusion being dowloaded more. [[User:Wikignome72|Wikignome72]] ([[User talk:Wikignome72|talk]]) 13:40, 20 June 2020 (EDT)
:The book The God Delusion sold about 3 times as many copies as The Selfish Gene (one sold over 3 million books and the other sold over 1 million copies). My guess is that as far as the free copies he is giving away in Arabic, etc. has The God Delusion being dowloaded more. [[User:Wikignome72|Wikignome72]] ([[User talk:Wikignome72|talk]]) 13:40, 20 June 2020 (EDT)
::Of course, sales of the Bible and Koran absolutely dwarf the sales of Dawkins' books. The only atheistic book which was published more than Dawkins' book was [[Mao Zedong]] 's Little Red Book (estimates ranging from 800 million to over 6.5 billion printed volumes) and that book was far, far more political than philosophical.[[User:Wikignome72|Wikignome72]] ([[User talk:Wikignome72|talk]]) 13:49, 20 June 2020 (EDT)
::Of course, sales of the Bible and Koran absolutely dwarf the sales of Dawkins' books. The only atheistic book which was published more than Dawkins' book was [[Mao Zedong]] 's Little Red Book (estimates ranging from 800 million to over 6.5 billion printed volumes) and that book was far, far more political than philosophical.[[User:Wikignome72|Wikignome72]] ([[User talk:Wikignome72|talk]]) 13:49, 20 June 2020 (EDT)