Selfish Gene

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If a selfish gene is really trying to maximize itself, then how do you
explain a virus. A virus has more than one gene and so for a
successful virus, the genes must cooperate. If you go from there to
bacteria and then multicellular animal and finally human, each is both
an individual and must cooperate within a group of individuals. In
the end whether it is a gene, an organelle, a cell, a tissue, and
individual multicell organism, an organism within an species a species
within an environment of other species, an environment within the
greater world, there may be selfishness, but the successful individual
is the one that overcomes selfishness of its parts. This happens at
all levels.

Thus an organism or any part of an organim that does not overcome
inherint selfishness at any level, is an unsuccessful organism. In
human terms Jesus describe ultimate unselfishness as bearing good
fruit and dieing for one's friends. St. Paul described love as
bearing all things, believeing all things, hoping all things, love is
patient and kind, it does not boast etc. This is the opposite of
selfishness. Perhaps there is an analogous sentiment or state any
organism or part of an organism can enter into which is love and the
very opposite of selfishness. Only then will an organism succeed in
life. All other outcomes are failure.

Survival as an ultimate goal is actually evil, failure and a death.
Death as an ultimate goal for the good of your friends is life
itself. All organisms exist and the foundation of the life of all
organism is the previous death of a friend.