The Selfish Gene - Chapter 11 - Review
Channel: Patrick Theist
Date: 2020-10-10

Wow! In this chapter Richard Dawkins backpedals on the previous ten. I was not expecting such an about-face in his presentation. He mentions the need "to start again and go right back to first principles."
He admits to taking others ideas and 'twisting them around for his own purposes'. He also confesses to using 'verbal tricks'. He uses his verbal skills in an effort to dismiss a belief in God.
This is also the chapter where he coined the term 'meme'. A remarkable chapter that reveals to the reader that the first ten are without a sustainable foundation.