The Selfish Gene

Perpetually Malicious Author Stephen Kendrick once stated in his book The Love Dare,“Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves.” Almost every iniquity in the world has been caused by narcissism. Selfishness thrives in humans, feeding off of their evilness. People forget that evil exists within themselves as well, not just their peers. Evil is a very loose term, however the most clear denotation…

People encounter memes in their everyday lives, whether it be on message boards, social media websites, or in conversations with friends and colleagues, memes are an inescapable aspect of American society. The first use of the term “meme” was by Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist and author, who first used the term to describe the spread of cultural information between individuals within a culture. Internet memes, in particular, are used to spread the culture of the internet among…

or insufficient enough, from birth restricts a person to a career not requiring an education, such as a cleaner. Creation of a new form of prejudice produces the idea of having greater or second-rate genes. The character, Vincent Freeman, contests his fate of being an “invalid” by purchasing the gene identity of Jerome Morrow, who has been genetically engineered to be “valid”. This movie can be viewed in different ways. A ‘perfectionist’s’ type of person may see this…

happiness, or the deletion of a so-called 'criminal' gene is where people who are positive eugenics become torn. How can someone believe in eugenics only partially, these pro-eugenics activists only want one side of the coin, because admitting to wanting a mentally altered society would be far too comparable to the old eugenics we are all so familiar with. These sorts of characteristics are highly dependent on the nature vs nurture argument, for your genes will only get you so far, but your…

genetic disorders and can allow the parents to make a decision based on the results (terminate, etc) making gene modification useless (http://www.advancedfertility.com). This allows parents to decide if they want to have the child or try again. Genetically modified babies also cause a multitude of issues. The babies would be considered “fake” by some people because they don’t share their parent’s genes because they were edited. This can also cause paternity test issues since neither of the…

about to agree if our talents and personalities come from our parent or environment. The coding of genes in each cell in humans determine the different traits that we have, more physical attributes dominance like ear size, eye colour, height, hair colour and other traits. However, it is still unknown whether our abstract attributes like sexual orientation, intelligence, preferences, personality are gene-coded in our DNA. Therefore, this essay is going to analyse the nature vs nurture debate from…

Direct, indirect and through network. Direct reciprocity is observed through members that share unrelated cooperative genes. Based on these individuals on can infer whether or not it is better to cooperate or defect the other person. This encounter is analyzed through a theoretic game called, Prisoners Dilemma conducted by Axelrod, 1984. A strategy of tic-for-tac where…

are switching to electric cars from the traditional cars to decrease population, and now scientist are mixing genes to prolong a species life. Artificial selection is the process in which desired gene traits and a few more is selected to be breed. Then selective breeding is performed to create large numbers of the specie they desire. One good example is fish genes being mixed in tomato genes, because the fishes can survive through cold weather without freezing and scientist are mixing it with…

of the child, however there are many things that do not rest in the parents hands. For example certain genes that are selected by parents will control other aspects of the future child’s body. For example, a parent could end up with an intelligent child with red hair, however, she may develop a hostile or mean personality. The practice is similar to gambling, where the parent choose a certain gene…

Nowadays you go online and you're able to customize your own clothing or shoes but what if I told you can do the same thing with you first child. After reading that sentence you’re probably thinking how is that even possible, did I read that right? It may seem absolutely mind blowing but it’s possible, scientists have found a way to genetically modify fetuses. However just because this process is possible doesn’t mean everyone is okay with it. In fact in most countries it’s illegal to go through…