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pulsion to further one's own interests. Since genes are selfish, so is
their behavior. Dawkins' view of human beings is exceptionally dan-
gerous and implies the fragmentation of social morality.
In fact, however, the selfish gene claim is illogical and nonsen-
sical, since Dawkins and others like him describe genes as entities
with consciousness and willpower. Yet genes are long chains of

Genes are inanimate structures
made up of atoms and devoid of
intelligence. It is illogical to refer
to them as conscious entities
making decisions and selections.
Evolutionary psychology, how-
ever, is based on this illogicality.