"We no longer have to resort to superstition when faced with the deep problems; Is there meaning to life? What are we for? What is Man?"The Selfish Gene changed my life. For years the title of the book deterred me from reading it. It wasn't until I reviewed other works by Dawkins that I finally had the courage to crack open this title. I was shocked at how simple and warm reality could be, however stark."Presumably there is indeed no purpose in the ultimate fate of the cosmos, but do any of us really tie our life's hopes to the ultimate fate of the cosmos anyway? Of course we don't; not if we are sane. Our lives are ruled by all sorts of closer, warmer, human ambitions and perceptions."