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January 1999

Barcodes in the Stars

Unweaving The Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder

By Wade Roush

Richard Dawkins' 1989 book The Selfish Gene has persuaded many readers that we are, at bottom, vehicles for a genetic program. Our DNA exists to copy itself, but it does so by first building a conscious human organism. That's lucky for us; how many chunks of matter in the universe ever get to experience sunsets, or sonnets, or sex? Many people, however, take Dawkins to be saying that since our genes are in charge, any meaning we may happen to see in life is illusory.

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