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"We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators."

— Richard Dawkins

We Are Built As Gene Machines And Cultured As Meme Machines But We Have The Pow

We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators.

— Richard Dawkins
From The Selfish Gene
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The Selfish Gene, Chapter 11

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
— Richard Dawkins
from The Selfish Gene
We are survival machines — robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.
— Richard Dawkins
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