From the article of 'Petrel'
No.592 / August 4, 1996
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Metaphysics of "Self-regard gene"
Bourgeois's idea is reflected
There is one new opinion in biology.
Of course, even though a new opinion, it is never decided that it is correct. On the contrary, it might expose the present age bourgeois desolate realities of ideology and psychology.
The new "scientific" opinion is an opinion that evaluates the living thing, "Getting on one" because of survival of gene and transmitting at future life.
For instance, Dr. Richard Dawkins of Oxford College of Britain advocate the concept "Self-regard gene" that the body of the living thing is the getting on one using it for the gene to increase the reproduction of oneself and to leave it at the future life. Because it was an opinion which cruelly agreed with general consideration of a bourgeois society, it becomes even one fashion.
By basing on such ideas, The opinion that even the action of the animal and man's mind depend on the movement of the material in inside the body, consequently the gene, is extolling. The research to prove it is actively done. People think such opinions to be even reasonable at a glance because it takes itself off in materialism.
Of course, The Marxist who denies being not able to locate to man's "Material" existence, that is, body because man's mind does not exist as "Core" and relating to it organically will not assume one person.
The scholar party who recites "Self-regard gene" now never says this. They chat about "Gene" which rules man's mind single meaning and "Material". It is a metaphysics and mechanical materialism it is here and is not a Marxism dialectical materialism.
Though they say that the gene is essential and living thing depends on it, there is a gene only after there is actually a living thing -- organic, autonomous material and material organization that self-moves.
It might seem the discussion that either is good to the answer, just like "the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg", because it is depending on interpretation ahead gene or ahead living thing. However, an essential difference is actually here. The gene is nothing but an opportunity of the movement and the development of the living thing. The living thing is not a tool of the gene that tries to be produced own "Reproduction" and proliferated. Oppositely, the opportunity of permanent existence and the development -- it is accomplished from the generation to the generation being succeeded -- of the living thing is genes.
For instance, If you understand in shape that the brain (man) is a free opportunity that is completely liberated from the restriction and the law of the world, that is, in case of you tries to overcome mechanical materialism ideally and getting over, you might be a mistake.
It is not so. It is that even the brain is subordinate and restricted to material, a living thing, and a social law, however the brain is in a sense, existence "to get over" and consciousness. Existence here conscious not to disregard not to deny a natural, living thing and social restriction ( It is not that it is "free" existence in such meanings ). Oppositely, it is that man lives by confirming the law and the restriction, and locating existence, life, and the practice of oneself in that.
The persons who recite "Self-regard gene" make this gene mystifing and absolute, thus, they are making up the metaphysics of the gene. However, the gene is the one that a constant development step of "Material" invented, and only depends on the development of the living thing, too. As for the development of the living thing, all kinds of that, the development of the gene was not inventing. To opposite, Similar development of the gene has been invented as the variety, complexity "complete" development of the living thing is inevitable. If the science stands on one's head and understands this, the present science will inevitably stray off into some idealism and the secret theory of the god.
It is said that the gene became a mainspring by which the world which was quite different from the material was invented though the gene was a material. This is the one of what is called fame "Soul" in short said. Then, the metaphysics of the gene is clear and it is shown here clearly that it returns in a very reactionary, ideal impracticable theory. The idea of "Self-regard" gene is drawn out from the analogy from self-regard and bourgeois man's idea to it here.
Though the mind and the soul are ruled by the gene, this gene is in short provided for
requesting of self only reproduction and a some "Self-regard" material, only no regulated "Material". The result becomes inevitable so, if scientist tries to provide for the living thing by the gene, not to provide for the gene by the living thing.
On the other hand, repulsing such opinions, it is insistenced that The living thing has invented art not thought from the world of gene, science, the society highly organized, etc.
It is shown that mechanical materialism is one soil because idealism spreads, and it helps idealism here. Though it is said that the one art, science, and gSociety" won't be reasonably explained from the theory of the gene, the one said, "Theory of the gene" here is actually synonymous with materialism. The idealism person is fighting against materialism pretending the fight against the metaphysics of the gene.
The metaphysics of the gene roars for that man also understands only from the gene.
On the contrary to this, The idealism person refutes that why the soul, the science, and the art can be understood from the gene. As a result, they make mental activity of men of the soul and the science, etc. secretly, and tries to tie even to the concept of "God" in addition. In short, This both are "supplementing mutually" though repulse.
(W.H)