Pinker — “Just as blueprints don’t necessarily specify blue buildings…”

Source: How the Mind Works — Steven Pinker

Book page: pinker-selected-works-part-1

From: Steven Pinker — Quotes

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Just as blueprints don’t necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don’t necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most selfish thing a gene can do is build a selfless brain. Genes are a play within a play, not the interior monologue of the players.