What's a "selfish gene"?

Support Primer on Patreon! patreon.com/primerlearning Here are the books I found helpful when writing for this video. - The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins, https://amzn.to/2LpffQl - Behave, Robert M. Sapolsky, https://amzn.to/2UTgyLX (If you want to read them yourself, you can help support the channel by purchasing them through the links here.) Special thanks to supporters on Patreon, especially: Jordan Scales Eric Helps Ben Kamens Ben Komalo Christy Serbus Sean Barker Rikard Eide For discussion and updates: - Discord: https://discord.gg/NbruaNW - Reddit r/primerlearning - Twitter @primerlearning - Facebook: facebook.com/primerlearning Made with Blender and python. - Github: https://github.com/Helpsypoo/primer License information: Creative Commons 4.0 (CC-BY-NC). More info at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Speaking of attribution: - The music is "Scheming Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod, distributed under a CC-BY license via incompetech.com. - Several other inputs into the graphics are from public domain contributions to blendswap.com. Dawkins on his not being a diplomat: https://youtu.be/N4yFdM7LIQk?t=54