The quote is from "The Selfish Gene". The word "selfish" is not used in the obvious sense. Dawkins doesn't imply that genes want to be passed on or anything like that. You really need to read the book but for the sake of convenience, "selfish replicator" can be taken to mean "gene".
Rough_ER
Rough endoplasmic reticulum is a microscopic feature of the interior of cells. I used it for my screen name as I have always loved the name and it's an interesting little devil too. :)
P.s in class we abbreviate to ER as it's too much of a mouthful to keep saying "Rough...
I mean, can't you see what that sounds like you are saying? To me this sounds incredibly condescending, like you are suggesting that there is some sort of standard that we all have to live by, but only a select few of us are capable of doing so, a select and moral few. Monogamy is very modern...
You said quite clearly that people engage in group sex because they lack self control. This suggests that people who don't engage in group sex want to but have self control.
If this isn't what you meant then correct what you said to make it more clear please.
What a bizarre statement.
What on earth are you talking about? Because people enjoy sex in groups this somehow means that they lack self control? This suggests that everybody's deepest desire is to engage in group sex, or at least thats the way I read it. I can assure you that many of the...