“We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.”<\/b> Richard Dawkins – The Selfish Gene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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