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“The genes in one organism’s cells, then, can have extended phenotypic influence on the living body of another organism; in this case a parasite’s genes find phenotypic expression in the behaviour of its host.”
― The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
― The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
“IF YOU BECOME STONE PEOPLE WOULD USE YOU
IF YOU BECOME GLASS THEY TRADE YOUR FEARS
ग़र पत्थर बनोगे तो लोग तुम्हें इस्तेमाल करेंगे।
कांच बनोगे तो लोग तुम्हारे डर का व्यापार करेंगे।”
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IF YOU BECOME GLASS THEY TRADE YOUR FEARS
ग़र पत्थर बनोगे तो लोग तुम्हें इस्तेमाल करेंगे।
कांच बनोगे तो लोग तुम्हारे डर का व्यापार करेंगे।”
―

“The opposite of love is not hate; its opposite is indifference”
― Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
― Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

“Putting these three things together we arrive at our own ‘central theorem’ of the extended phenotype: An animal’s behaviour tends to maximize the survival of the genes ‘for’ that behaviour, whether or not those genes happen to be in the body of the particular animal performing it.”
― The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
― The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

“South Asia is clearly among the least integrated regions of the world and being located at the centre of the Indian Ocean, its dysfunctionality affects that larger space directly.”
― The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World
― The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World

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