The Selfish Gene - Chapter 12 & 13 - Review - Richard Dawkins
Channel: Patrick Theist
Date: 2020-10-11

Chapter 12 is an in depth look at the 'prisoners dilemma' thought experiment.
Richard Dawkins finally gives up at the beginning of Chapter 13 and tells the reader to move on to The Extended Phenotype. Even though he essentially confesses that intelligent design is a better explanation for the complexity of life, he remains unflinchingly stubborn and sums up his thoughts by attributing everything to be an adaptation via Darwinian selection.

The legacy of this book matches his own stubborn heart and has been used as an excuse to reject God and to ignore the vivid testimony that is so clearly evident in the wonders of creation. 

Circular reasoning and contradictory wordplay will leave most readers either confused, uninterested or bored; likely all three. It's an academic Tit-for-Tat that flatters other academics while proudly promoting itself as something of value. By far, the worst piece of reasoning I have ever had the sad misfortune of reading.