Praneeth Katta

“Different versions of genes rise and fall in popularity driven often by the rise and fall of diseases. There is a regrettable human tendency to exaggerate stability, to believe in equilibrium.”
― Matt Ridley, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

“Indeed, even if the permanent secretary was fat, hypertensive or a smoker, he was still less likely to suffer a heart attack at a given age than a thin, non-smoking, low-blood-pressure janitor.”
― Matt Ridley, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

“The body is the victim, plaything, battleground and vehicle for the ambitions of genes.”
― Matt Ridley, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

“Indeed, their bodies are designed with planned obsolescence called ageing that causes them to decay after they reach breeding age – or, in the case of squid or Pacific salmon, to die at once. None of this makes any sense unless you view the body as a vehicle for the genes, as a tool used by genes in their competition to perpetuate themselves. The body’s survival is secondary to the goal of”
― Matt Ridley, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters