Life´s a Competition

Individuals in any kind of species compete for nearly everything that is gotten in their lives. When you are trying to get something to eat, seem it or not, you are competing for it. Even when food is handed to you as easily as in a supermarket, you are competing for it to a certain degree. You might say that this is just in humans or in certain species but no, this is in every species and for every resource. Dawkins says that your biggest competition is in your own species because you know what you need for living and everybody in the species needs it so you have to compete for it to a certain degree. And there is an even bigger competition if who you are competing with is of the same sex because they will compete for the opposite sex´s attention.

What I like about this book is that every time after I read it I start thinking and reflecting. Besides, it is very interesting. For example, I had never thought of this before and how everybody you share your life with is a competition, but now that this idea has been proposed to my mind, I really agree with it. I agree with most of the theories of this book but there are some that completely interfere with my beliefs, especially religious ones. Dawkins presents an excellent example of this competition, he says, "Moles and blackbirds may compete for worms but blackbirds and blackbirds compete with each other for worms and everything else" (p. 67)