137. Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos

The author of the classic The Selfish Gene is still changing the way we think about evolution. SOURCE: Richard Dawkins , professor emeritus of the public understanding of science at Oxford University. RESOURCES: The Genetic Book of the Dead , by Richard Dawkins (2024). Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution , by Richard Dawkins (2021). " About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated ," by Gregory A. Smith ( Pew Research Center, 2021). Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature , by Nick Davies (2015). The God Delusion , by Richard Dawkins (2006). " Why the Universe Seems So Strange ," by Richard Dawkins ( TED Global, 2005). " Surprising Stats About Child Carseats ," by Steve Levitt ( TED Global, 2005). " Genes and Memes ," by John Maynard Smith ( London Review of Books, 1982). The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene , by Richard Dawkins (1982). The Selfish Gene , by Richard Dawkins (1976). " Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children ," by Gary Becker and Nigel Tomes ( Journal of Political Economy, 1976). " Selective Pecking in the Domestic Chick ," by Richard Dawkins (University of Oxford Ph.D. thesis, 1966). EXTRAS: " The World’s Mos…