Blog post# 3

Richard Dawkins is more pessimistic in the reading of "The selfish Gene." His point of view is not clearly shown about altruism in humans. The example that he gives that, "It is easy to show....of sharing genes" (Dawkins 59); It shows that he is unhappy about humans being altruistic. In a simple way he is trying to say that one doesn't give up for another; if one doesn't gain anything from it. Olivia Judson is more optimistic in the reading of "The selfless gene." As her point of view all the human beings are not selfish. she writes that, "kin selection also.....or in other animals" (Judson 94); it shows that stepparents favor their own children, and than she uses "but" because all the human beings are not same. Just because stepparents favors their own kid doesn't prove that all the human beings are selfish. In 9/11 there were people who helped each other, not to achieve something from them. every human beings helps each other but it depends on situation. Dawkin's made me uncomfortable because he is trying to say that all the human beings think for their own which is not true. sometimes people get in to variable situation where they have to chose their own and sometimes sacrifice the favorite. Judson's idea is easier to understand where Dawkin's idea is not so clear.