The Robot's Rebellion Book Review

In the animal kingdom species survive through natural selection, meaning they must adapt and pass upon the information to next generations to ensure the survival of a species. Humans, like all organisms, have complex mental modules that evolved to keep the genes from extinction. This concept is explored in Keith E. Stanovich book, The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin. Stanovich refers to the concept that humans are merely robots created by our genes to protect them and to promote their survival. He expands on the universal Darwinian view of human psychology, that humans are vehicles for self-replicating genes and self-replicating memes, acting upon their own interests to replicate themselves rather than in their human hosts’ interests.
Stanovich explains the fact that the evolution is programmed into our brains, much like how a robot is coded. Within humans are two minds in one Brain. One is called; The Autonomous Set of …show more content…
The analytical system thinks more logically, in a step-by-step way. TASS is not deliberative; it is intuitive. It is important to remember to ensure that when going against TASS the reason is beneficial for the ‘host’ and that they are not the result of successful memes. As Stanovich puts it, Memes, just like genes, can also make us behave in a way that benefits their reproduction. The term 'meme', was created by Dawkins. Memes are pieces of cultural information. They are considered cultural replicators while in contrast genes are biological replicators, and transmission to as many individuals as possible is a meme's first and foremost goal. Memes have a main focus for their propagation than for Humans. So although at times Humans have to establish their interests and goals to pursue, in contrast to their genes, The goals may not necessarily be good for them. Such as an alcoholic may want to drink, but that is not what is best for