This Wednesday in the premises of MO Tošino will be held the fourth meeting of the reading group It's a selfish gene.
Reading group is one of the activities within the project Opatija Coffeehouse Debates, organized with the aim of developing a culture of reading and encouraging critical thinking. At the meetings, participants discuss the chapters of the book, their interpretations, other literature that supports or criticizes the read, and the application of the read to real problems in the world. Meetings last about 1.5 hours and are held every couple of weeks.
For the fourth meeting (29 March, 6.30 p.m.), we are preparing chapters 10 and 11. (approx. 40 pages).
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Everyone is welcome and it is not obligatory to read the chapters to come (although it is recommended). You learn a lot and if you haven't arrived / you haven't been able to read... and we also have nice tea and biscuits ⁇
The Selfish Gene It is the first scientifically popular book of the modern era. It was published just over 40 years ago – in 1967. In it, British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, in a way that is understandable to lay people, put forward a geocentric view of evolution.
Previously, the most prevalent view of evolution claimed that natural selection shapes the behavior of living beings with the aim of ensuring the temporal continuity of an individual being, family, group, or species. In the book The Selfish Gene a new perspective has been put forward – one that starts with gene survival, and individual organisms (families, groups, species...) are just the vehicles they use on this journey. The behavior of living beings is determined by the spread and survival of genes, which inspired the author to use the metaphor The Selfish Gene. Although geocentric theory was not originally Dawkins' theory (advocated by biologists such as Bob Trivers, Bill Hamilton, John Maynard Smith and George Williams), he popularized it and brought it closer to the general public with a drinkable writing style and understandable language.
