After finishing watching one of those violent police shows (which I normally don't watch). It made me think back to what Dawkins said about altruistic, and selfishness. Why are we naturally like this? In the movie the top gangster man had just been captured by police. Turns out that some of the police were involved in all the blood money the top gangster man had. Now the Gangster guy was captured, he was going to be killed, along with other police that had nothing to do with the blood money. Selfishness. The selfishness of the boss policeman (now bad guy in movie) led him to kill off innocent lives. The gangster man, who was first seen as a bad guy, used altruistic, and so did the other leading policeman. They saved each others lives, even though it meant to put one another in danger. The bad guys were all about me.

In part ways, Dawkins theory could be true. It could be all part of our genes, our way of life. But I believe that it is our culture that has lead us to think this way. Movies, media, and books, are a big influence in our lives. Humans might as well be the most selfish and altruistic creatures that stand on this earth. Richard Dawkins says that all creatures are here to fight. We are here to fight for the same sources, such as mates, food, and living space. Reading this makes me think that this could be a reason there is so much a mess in this world. He suggests that this selfishness comes from a small part of our DNA. Is it so? It scares me so. That's all I have on my mind. Good night.