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Why then in the book store is "The Selfish Gene" sold in the science section?
Now you are just getting silly.
This is what he said.
Rrhain writes:
First, Dawkins' The Selfish Gene is a
popular press book, not a scientific treatise. You seem to be ignorant of this fact. Look in the literature and you will not find mentions of his "memes" or anything else.
There are a lot of popular press books sold in the science section of book stores. As a matter of fact the vast majority of them will popular press.
Treatise : a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
The type of thing you will find in journals and university libraries.
This is a ridiculous argument.
Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts