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Adnan Oktar

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In the same way that it is impossible for a book to aim at increas-
ing its numbers by way of reproduction, to be selfish, or to possess con-

sciousness in any way, so it is impossible for DNA-a chain of molecu-
les consisting of unconscious and inanimate atoms, and no molecule
possesses intelligence and awareness.
In addition, the Israeli scientist Gerald L. Schroeder notes that the
way that a cell passes on a strand of its DNA by dividing is actually al-
truistic behavior, rather than selfishness:
One of the puzzles of meiosis is the altruistic nature of the cell. Why

should a cell willingly give up half of its chromosomal information, and
thereby essentially guarantee that its progeny will not be an identical
copy of itself? I would have thought that altruism stops at self-destruc-
tion. A parent's mixing its chromosomes with those of another is, in a
sense, self destruction, since the parent will not be reproduced in the
child. Not a very selfish way for a potentially selfish gene to act. 173
Therefore, the idea of the selfish gene has nothing to do with the
true facts, and the claim is no more than a fantasy. Darwinist thinking-
which describes human beings as animals and regards them as mere ro-
bots that carry genes and are responsible for passing those genes on to
the next generation-is mainly responsible for the acts of violence, gen-
ocide, oppression and moral degeneration that increased enormously
during the 20 th century. Such a perspective endows all oppression, ag-
gression and immorality with apparent scientific legitimacy. Even

Hitler, who perpetrated the worst slaughter of the 20 th century, regard-
ed Darwinism as supporting him. It was Darwinism that justified his
oppression and aggression. Hitler regarded all races other than the al-
leged Master Race as unworthy of living and regarded their slaughter
as no more reprehensible than killing an animal.
Darwinism, maintaining that human beings are genetically ag-
gressive, ruthless, competitive, selfish and potential murderers, is non-
sense used to justify crimes of all kinds. All human beings bear the