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Science 15 August 1997:
Vol. 277. no. 5328, p. 892
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5328.892
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SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY:
Of Genes and Meaninglessness

Gregg Easterbrook

Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins, author of the acclaimed book The Selfish Gene, argues that belief in a higher purpose is an illusion. In a universe of selfish genes and blind physical forces, he says, faith is a dead issue.

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