Podcasts that mention 📚 The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

I was very impacted by 'The Selfish Gene.' I thought that was a really good book that helped me understand altruism as an example and where it comes from, and just realizing that, you know, the selection is in the level of genes was a huge insight for me at the time, and it sort of like cleared up a lot of things for me.

Andrej Karpathy describes how 'The Selfish Gene' by Richard Dawkins greatly impacted his understanding of altruism and genetic selection, providing him with valuable insights.

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And so, the DNA—if you ask where does DNA come from, and you can go all the way back to Richard Dawkins and the selfish gene hypothesis— The way I look at DNA, though, is it is not a moment in time; it assumes the context of the body and the environment in which it's going to live.

In a conversation about the origin of life and DNA, Garry Nolan references Richard Dawkins and his concept of the 'selfish gene hypothesis,' which he outlines in his renowned book, 'The Selfish Gene.'

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We kind of refer to Richard Dawkins' idea of a meme because cancel culture is very effective.

The speaker references Richard Dawkins' concept of a meme, which is likely derived from his book 'The Selfish Gene'. This mention is framed within the discussion of how cancel culture effectively spreads ideas and influences society.

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One of the most striking chapters in The Selfish Gene is chapter 11 on memes, and I've often heard people say, 'Oh, Richard Dawkins created the term meme,' but I always honestly thought of memes as being somewhat trivial because now they're very much associated with internet fads.

In this segment, podcast host Steve Levitt discusses a notable chapter about 'memes' in the book 'The Selfish Gene'. He highlights the common misconception that Richard Dawkins coined the term meme, while reflecting on how the concept has evolved and is now often linked to internet trends.

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So you talk in The Selfish Gene about the quantity of children and the trade-off between more offspring and higher investment and so better outcomes per child.

In this segment, Steve Levitt discusses 'The Selfish Gene' by Richard Dawkins while addressing the trade-offs between the number of offspring and the level of investment in each child, highlighting insights from the book.

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About the same time you were writing The Selfish Gene, Gary Becker was writing a book on the economics of the family, and a lot of the same trade-offs are in place.

In the podcast episode, host Steve Levitt discusses how, around the time Richard Dawkins was writing 'The Selfish Gene', Gary Becker was also writing about similar economic concepts regarding family dynamics.

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In the concluding chapter of the first edition of The Selfish Gene, I cast around for another example of a replicator. I wasn't then aware of computer viruses; otherwise, I might have chosen the computer virus as my analogy.

Richard Dawkins discusses replicators in his concluding chapter of the first edition of 'The Selfish Gene', where he elaborates on various examples, including the concept of a computer virus, which he was not aware of at the time.

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I have to start with a confession: before last week, I'd never read your book, The Selfish Gene. I have now, and I was quite shocked at how eye-opening the book was for me.

In this episode, podcast host Steve Levitt admits that he had never read 'The Selfish Gene' before recording but found it surprisingly eye-opening after doing so. This confessional moment sets the tone for the discussion with Richard Dawkins.

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In 2017, the Royal Society, the United Kingdom's Academy of Sciences, conducted a public poll asking readers to name the most influential science book of all time. The winner was The Selfish Gene.

In this episode, podcast host Steve Levitt references a 2017 public poll by the Royal Society, which asked readers to choose the most influential science book. 'The Selfish Gene' was declared the winner.

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Richard Dawkins is both a distinguished scholar of zoology and evolutionary biology and a remarkably successful popularizer of scientific ideas through his bestselling books, including The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion.

In this episode, host Steve Levitt introduces Richard Dawkins, highlighting his bestselling book 'The Selfish Gene' among his significant contributions to popular science.

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Next week we're back with a brand new episode featuring evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins; his books 'The Selfish Gene' and 'The God Delusion' are two of the most influential popular science books of all time.

In the outro of this episode, Steve Levitt announces the next episode featuring the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, highlighting two of his renowned books: 'The Selfish Gene' and 'The God Delusion', both regarded as highly influential in popular science.

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The math has supported that for a very long time, but evolutionary biologists are still resistant to it, mostly because many of them grew up reading Richard Dawkins as a teenager, and they feel like their mission in their intellectual life is to rediscover that buzz, and this is the way to do it in birds. So Richard Dawkins is an extremely famous evolutionary biologist who wrote 'The Selfish Gene,' who I think would represent the hardcore adaptation team, the team that you, Richard, are not on, correct?

In the podcast, 'The Selfish Gene' by Richard Dawkins is referenced regarding the resistance of evolutionary biologists to certain concepts. Many of them grew up reading Dawkins, believing their intellectual journey is linked to revisiting his ideas, particularly how they relate to adaptation in birds.

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In two weeks, we have an exciting new episode featuring Richard Dawkins, famed author of 'The Selfish Gene' and 'The God Delusion,' amongst others. His name frequently emerges in our discussions, including today’s episode, and I've yearned to meet him for quite some time, which will finally happen in two weeks!

The podcast announces an upcoming episode featuring Richard Dawkins, the renowned author of 'The Selfish Gene.' The host expresses excitement about meeting Dawkins, who is a frequent subject of discussion on the podcast.

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You can even turn things upside down a little bit in the same spirit that Dawkins did with selfish genes. They talked about genes having a kind of agency and reproducing, sometimes even at the expense of the larger organism.

Blae Aguera y Arcas references the concept of 'selfish genes' to illustrate how genes can be perceived as having agency, alluding to Richard Dawkins' popular science book. This discussion ties into a broader exploration of identity in relation to humans and nature.

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The reception was overwhelmingly positive, and Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene, wrote one of the most effusive prefaces I've ever seen for a later edition of the book, which must have felt gratifying.

In this segment, Steve Levitt notes the positive reception surrounding a book and highlights that Richard Dawkins, author of 'The Selfish Gene', contributed an enthusiastic preface for a later edition of Robert Axelrod's book, expressing his admiration.

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You came up with the word meme; I know it was you. That was in The Selfish Gene. You invented the word, and people long forgot.

Neil deGrasse Tyson confirms that Richard Dawkins coined the word 'meme' and that it first appeared in his book, 'The Selfish Gene'. This conversation leads to a deeper exploration of the original meaning of 'meme' compared to its current use.

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If I may, so start off The Selfish Gene. Natural selection chooses between genes; genes are the only thing. The information contained in genes, digital information is the only thing that goes from generation to generation; that which survives is information, digital information.

Neil deGrasse Tyson initiates a discussion on Richard Dawkins' influential work, 'The Selfish Gene,' where he highlights the central premise of the book: that natural selection primarily acts at the level of genes rather than organisms.

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So you've written – I mean I have a list here of, like, all your books; you've been out of control, but not as much as some people. Was The Selfish Gene your first book? Yes, back in 1976.

In a conversation between Neil deGrasse Tyson and Richard Dawkins, they delve into Dawkins' book, 'The Selfish Gene.' Dawkins reveals that this was his first book, published in 1976, and their discussion sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the book's main ideas and fundamental messages.

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He wrote this book in 1976 called 'The Selfish Gene,' and he took the word meme from the root of memo, mimic! And Wartman has this great quote summing it up, which I don't know, like we’re going straight to our pal Wartman here because he sums it up the best, I think! The quote is basically a meme is an idea, the kind of idea that endures over time like a memory, which can be copied or mimicked and shared like a memo!

The hosts of the podcast mention the book 'The Selfish Gene', written by Richard Dawkins, as they discuss the origin of the term 'meme.' They explain how the term relates to the concepts of 'memo' and 'mimic'.

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At its center is this idea of memes: a simple definition is a funny image that spreads virally, and the deeper definition was originally by Richard Dawkins, who introduced the idea of memes as concepts that spread in society in a way akin to genes.

Marc notes that Richard Dawkins introduced the concept of memes as ideas that spread through society, similar to the way genes propagate. This reference provides valuable context for understanding how the AI bot was developed.

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Everything about a body can be regarded as, in my terminology from 'The Selfish Gene', a survival machine.

The guest refers to his book, 'The Selfish Gene', while explaining his concept of a 'survival machine'.

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So I was thinking about this in relationship to Dawkins' theory of The Selfish Gene; it's like the implication of The Selfish Gene is that reproduction takes privacy and that there's no difference between reproduction and sex. But that's not true; there's a big difference between reproduction and sex, especially among human beings because we're high-investment parents.

Dr. Peterson discusses Richard Dawkins’ *The Selfish Gene*, examining how its implications on reproduction differ from his own understanding of human parenting.

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The bitter pill is in Chapter 11 of The Selfish Gene, where he presents the concept of memes. For the first time, he says that memes are a new primeval suit; he sees it as a new evolutionary realm where creatures are beginning to form.

Bret Weinstein discusses Richard Dawkins' 'The Selfish Gene', specifically referring to Chapter 11 where Dawkins introduces the concept of memes. Weinstein critiques Dawkins' interpretation of memes, considering it a significant error in his argument about their evolutionary significance.

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I tweeted out about Richard Dawkins recently, and I talked to Richard Dawkins, and I actually admire him. I liked his books; they taught me a lot, including some of his essays.

In this segment, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson expresses his admiration for Richard Dawkins, highlighting that he has read his books and found them to be highly educational and enlightening.

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