Epstein Secrets

ome selection within groups. He further suggested that group selection is nearly always weak, so that group-related adaptations do not exist (3). Richard Dawkins (I) popularized the notion that traits which evolve arc adaptive at the gene level through his use of the metaphor of the selfish gene. Genes ser

-8). For instance, in The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doct

dominant modern image of humans summarized by the phrase "what is best for me is best for the society." Without rejecting the selfish gene view, Cacioppo shows how it evolves in humans into what he calls the "social brain"— a large cerebral cortex and an interconnected limbic lobule that together a

Science (1874), and Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008). Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007), 270-95. I For a

m (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 20

oration for mutual benefit is part of human nature or whether promotion of the self above all others is man's primary motivation. In this volume, Cacioppo argues that sociality is an integral part of human nature. He notes that given each child's prolonged period of total dependence, survival into ch

(3-8). For instance, in 7he God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doct

science (or religion) is the one and only valid way of understanding human behavior and the world around us (3-8). For instance, in 7he God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doctrines under the scrutiny of science only to find that none passes scientific muster. The vast major

ce a dominant modern image of humans summarized by the phrase “what is best for me is best for the society.” Without rejecting the selfish gene view, Cacioppo shows how it evolves in humans into what he calls the “social brain’— a large cerebral cortex and an interconnected limbic lobule that together are s

and Science (1874), and Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008). ' Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007), 270-95. ' For a sa

om (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008

llaboration for mutual benefit is part of human nature or whether promotion of the self above all others is man’s primary motivation. In this volume, Cacioppo argues that sociality is an integral part of human nature. He notes that given each child’s prolonged period of total dependence, survival into child