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b_b · 4732 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why almost all multicellular organisms begin life as a single cell
Yes, but remember with Dawkins, he writes over and over in the book that he's speaking in metaphor and he in no way means to say that molecules have intentionality.
If an animal is better off without a gene, do you have a selfless gene that sacrifices itself? No. You have a bad gene that is expelled from the system, because it can't replicate itself.