In the second chapter of TheSelfish Gene, Dawkins tries to explain how simple things develop into thecomplex life of now days. The rise ofthe “replicator” gives us an idea from where it all began and how genes simplysurvive because it is supposed to happen in that way. Dawkins expresses a pointabout survival of the fittest not such as Darwin’s. He states that genes simplyevolve because they do, there is no race to become better, it simply happens. Not being a survival of the fittest, instead of the stable. The genes that succeed the most fighting against viruses and are able to limit their errors during replication are the ones that will grow the stablest. So saying so humans are not the fightest because they have a moral responsality over the world and are incharge of protecting it, they are simply the stablest because their genes replicated succesfully more than any other.
The following are a list of words vital to the comprehensionof the second chapter of The Selfish Gene:
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Survival of the stable: the gene that manage to reproduce themselves the stablest. Limiting errors and disfunction.
- Replicator: the main breed in charge of replicating correctly their genes.
- Competition: the process all genes go through against each other to succeed.
- Errors
- Survival machines
- Longevity
- Accuracy
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