Vistas of Evolution

At the turn of the 19th century, when the world had just woken up to the marvels of science and had begun its slow march towards Industrialization, a Young Naturalist, Charles Darwin put forth his findings and theory of evolution. It was a perfect disruption in the conservative religious order of the world. Many thought that it would settle the debate on Atheism Vs Theism forever. Only they were naïve.

 

Organized Religion survived for centuries, by bending the tide to its advantage. Whenever there was a new milestone that moved the journey of science forward, it rewrote its tenets as a distortion on science. The sole aim was to maintain the power it had on the humans.

However, what Darwin did is, to open up a vista that brought forth fascinating thoughts, findings and development, not just in general science but also in Human History, Politics and even theology to certain extent. It practically influenced and changed every aspect of human life. 

The more the science revealed, the shriller the cries were, that came from the organized religion. Religions kept shouting, "Such perfection needs a creator / architect of superhuman brilliance" thus struggling to maintain their branding of god. Their version always had a static tenor that said all those great things we have today were created to perfection at one point of time by their versions of God. 

So, the game of cat and mouse continued. At times there were findings and works derived from those findings, that shone with rare light and lit so many dark corners. It unravelled so many mysteries that were considered an act of God.

One such finding is the field of Genetics that opened so many doors that human race had never tapped in their history. This book, Selfish Genes is one such book on genetics that seeks to demystify and at the same time allay so many hitherto held wrong beliefs on behaviour of species. The genetic story this book narrates is built in Darwin's theory and takes us to deeper level of comprehension.

His narrative focusses on the basic building blocks of DNA within the Human Chromosomes and their fundamental elements of genes. Genes carry the life messages across generations and are the prime movers of life and its history. They are the replicators that carry forward the characteristics from one predecessor to successor.

 

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓. 𝑨 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆. 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒋𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑵𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕, 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚. 𝒀𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔: 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔. 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.

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𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑨𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔—𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚-𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑽𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆-𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔—𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕’𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔—𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔—𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕, 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚."

 

All the hitherto glorified characteristics of the race, like altruism are revealed as mere act of survival instinct by, not the race or organism but the Genes.

The basic tenet of religion that the unbridled instinct and aggression will lead to instability of society and eventual annihilation of humanity, is revealed as unfounded myth with evolutionary examples. Yet this is the foundation on which the organized religions thrive.

All those theories of Racial purity, all the conflicts, all the religious divisions espoused by the power structures are all based on the sexual reproduction in Humans. For centuries we have been speaking racial purity based on reproduction and been imposing restrictions based in this premise.

However, this point is denounced resoundingly by simplifying the mystery behind the way the reproducers evolve.

 

"𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍, ‘𝒐𝒘𝒏’ 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔. 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒕—𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒈𝒈—𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑰𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒈𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆."

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒊𝒅, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 (𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 10). 𝑰𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒈𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆. 𝑨𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒈𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆. 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎. 𝑩𝒖𝒕, 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒔 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝑰 𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄, 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕’𝒔 ‘𝒐𝒘𝒏’ 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔. 𝑼𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 ‘𝒐𝒘𝒏’ 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 ‘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕’ 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚."

 

The possibility that is being revealed in those simple words and example, I would say, is ground-breaking and the pinnacle of what the book is speaking.

This is in fact the single reason that even in a racially isolated and pure tribe (like those in Andaman), there are evolutionary factors that clearly mark the descendants to be genetically different from their ancestors even though there is no sexual contact outside their group.

This perhaps is the most revolutionary concept that could debunk the power structures built on racial purity, including the religious orders.

With all those powerful arguments could we imagine that the religion be debunked? Can the argument between Atheism and Theism be settled once and for?

Sadly, the more science reveals, there are still many dark corners that exist in the shadows that are yet to be revealed. And in those dark crevices are exactly where the religion thrives.

Journey of science has just begun and there are miles to go...

That is why perhaps, as Dawkins says, our brain and how we lead our brain means a lot to evolution than anything else.

 

"𝑾𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎."