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- adjective Relating to the "
selfish gene " view onevolution as proposed by Richard Dawkins.
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Examples
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Robin, are you trying to exemplify a kind of Dawkinsian bigotry?
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As to whether or not God is present, I very much doubt that it depends on the deceased's beliefs; even so, one would assume that at a "Dawkinsian" atheist's funeral God can be relied upon to stay out of sight – if not out of mind – of those who are left behind!
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Those who continue to resist Darwin are not standing up for science, but they may well be standing up for something even more important — a Dawkinsian meme, if you will, that has been instrumental in permitting mankind to transcend the brutal level of our primate origins.
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It was argued above that adaptive evolution by means of Darwinian selection of individuals in a population, as well as by means of Dawkinsian competition between alleles in individual loci, is very difficult, if not impossible, in populations of sexual organisms.
It's more than genes, it's networks and systems - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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So you can quibble about “neodarwinism” or “Dawkinsian competition” all you want, but evolution is still real and still works in all organisms, whether sexual or asexual.
It's more than genes, it's networks and systems - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Are you on a Dawkinsian quest? hrun: If, however, you are alluding to the God of the bible
All These Different Creatures are Variations of the Same Theme 2008
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The BBBs are no better that the DDDs, the Dawkinsian Darwinian Delusionists.
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I don't argue from any religious standpoint but merely point out to YA and other Dawkinsian rabid types that they lack an imagination to go with their rationality.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Dawkins seemed really angry that people on his side were not enthusiastic with his ideas and held as much admiration for Dawkins and Dawkinsian ideas as Dawkins does for himself and his own ideas.
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Dawkins seemed really angry that people on his side were not enthusiastic with his ideas and held as much admiration for Dawkins and Dawkinsian ideas as Dawkins does for himself and his own ideas.
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