No Escape

I have read so many things of so many different subjects that my head is all twisted and confused. Thank God I am learning inheritance in Biology class and I am not as lost as I could be. The Replicators (Chapter 2) is a summary of the beginning of the earth, right from the very bottom, the atoms. It is really hard for me to picture the Earth as made up of atoms and the combinations of different elements. I cannot understand how we came to be the way we are, there are so many different things in the world, so much diversity and the difference of everything, even from the same species makes me wonder if what Dawkins is stating is really true. The replicator theory is very confusing and I don’t get it very much, the only thing that did interested me was the fact that is was a mistaken replicator, “But now we must mention an important property of any copying process: it is not perfect. Mistakes will happen.” (pg.16) Not only the fact that this is an important characteristic of the replicator interests me, but that thanks to the errors, evolution is sparked. This scientific theory reinforces another thing that I said in one of my blogs, there needs to be mistakes happening in order to improve! From the very core of our existence, the replicator, the molecules have to be mistaken to do evolution.

If it wasn’t because of Ms. Blesgreaft I am sure I would not have understood a thing about Immortal Coils (Chapter 3), and I would have probably needed to re read about a hundred times. Reproduction is a VERY complex process. The crossing-over of the chromosomes in genes and the different traits that are passed on, such as the brown or blue eyes example, is the factor that makes each individual, indeed, an individual. Nonetheless, this book proves to us that the genes of our ancestors do not die, “When we have served our purpose we are cast aside. But genes are denizens of geological time: genes are forever.” (pg.35), in other words, there is no way to escape the fate that we are condemned to. For millions of years we have been that way, and for millions of years we will be that way.