137. Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos

People I (Mostly) Admire

The author of the classic The Selfish Gene is still changing the way we think about evolution.

• SOURCE:
  • Richard Dawkins, professor emeritus of the public understanding of science at Oxford University.

• RESOURCES:
  • The Genetic Book of the Dead, by Richard Dawkins (2024).
  • Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution, by Richard Dawkins (2021).
  • "About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated," by Gregory A. Smith (Pew Research Center, 2021).
  • Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature, by Nick Davies (2015).
  • The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (2006).
  • "Why the Universe Seems So Strange," by Richard Dawkins (TED Global, 2005).
  • "Surprising Stats About Child Carseats," by Steve Levitt (TED Global, 2005).
  • "Genes and Memes," by John Maynard Smith (London Review of Books, 1982).
  • The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene, by Richard Dawkins (1982).
  • The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins (1976).
  • "Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children," by Gary Becker and Nigel Tomes (Journal of Political Economy, 1976).
  • "Selective Pecking in the Domestic Chick," by Richard Dawkins (University of Oxford Ph.D. thesis, 1966).

• EXTRAS:
  • "The World’s Most Controversial Ornithologist," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).
  • "Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).