אוקי - המאמר גורס שדוקינס טעה והטעה
בפרשנות הגן האנוכי שלו ובשם שלה:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21605218
(בד"כ אני סומך עליך על עיוור אבל מזל שהפעם בדקתי)
Specifically, selfish-gene theory represents an attempt to reduce organismal altruism to the self-interested behaviour of a more fundamental agent (Dawkins, 1976, 1978, 1982). Our formalism suggests that this attempt does not succeed.
When a gene’s fitness is mediated by the action of other genes, genes are expected to behave as if striving to maximize their inclusive fitness, rather than their personal fitness.
Hence, the theory of the selfish gene appears misnamed.
The theory works as an application of Hamilton’s theory of inclusive fitness to the gene level, but not as a recasting of that theory as originally applied at the organism level (Dawkins, 1976, 1978, 1982).
Because the allele can be seen as the ultimate beneficiary of the evolutionary process (Dawkins, 1976, 1978, 1982), it is taken to follow that its actions are, by definition, selfish. But this argument fails if, as we argue, the allele cannot function as an intentional agent.
וזאת נקודה שניסיתי להעביר אבל נוגחתי מכל עבר:
However, this role should not be confused with the
notions of intentionality and selfishness, which belong to
the optimization side of adaptation theory.
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