The Selfish Gene: what this star will be
The body is the gene's vehicle for copying itself.
By Constellate · 9 September 2026 · the short form
The Selfish Gene is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Biology, and what stands beside it today.
The line it carries on the sky: The body is the gene's vehicle for copying itself.
What stands beside it
The stars nearest to it are Cultural Evolution, Epigenetics, Natural Selection and Reciprocity, and Epigenetics is already open to walk. When The Selfish Gene opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.
Ask for this star
Every star is lit by demand. Ask for The Selfish Gene and it moves up the list; when it opens, this post becomes the full essay. The open stars beside it can be walked today, and the first concept of every course is free.