School of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508.
Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Apr;37(2):157-8. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13002173.
The metaphor of selfish goals is misguided. Organisms can be considered vessels that further the interests of their genes, but not vessels that further the interests of their goals. Although goals can act at cross-purposes to each other and to longevity, such trade-offs are predicted by evolutionary theory. The metaphor of selfish goals provides no purchase on this problem.
将生物体比作自私目标的这种隐喻是误导人的。生物体可以被视为促进其基因利益的容器，但不是促进其目标利益的容器。尽管目标可能会相互冲突，并且与长寿相冲突，但这种权衡是进化理论所预测的。自私目标的隐喻并不能解决这个问题。
