#Richard-Dawkins
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Who invented the idea of memes?
Dawkins coined “meme” in The Selfish Gene, but the essay argues that the underlying idea of cultural transmission predates him and keeps reappearing across science, philosophy, and art.
Richard Dawkins on The Science of Why You Are Lucky to Be Alive
Dawkins uses evolution, probability, and the scale of time to argue that being alive is extraordinarily unlikely. He then uses that fact to defend science as part of life, not only a tool for survival.