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[quote=parallaxicality;1206328]There is a movement growing among the followers of Richard Dawkins and his ilk that is closely tied to the "selfish gene" idea and their attempt to bypass religion; its core belief is that everything, morality, aesthetics, ideology, ultimately has a scientific basis.
Since history is really just the collective result of billions of individuals acting according to their impulses, if their actions could be predicted based on their prospective evolutionary advantage, then history, by definition, is predictable, which means history is a science.

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This form of "historical science" has a long history itself, but attempts to give "historical laws" and predictable history has made questionable results. It seems doubtfull wether Dawkins followers can make any positive contribution, though a dialogue between biologists and historians perhaps could benefit both.
In addition: not even evolution seems to follow very predictable patterns, and even the term "selfish gene" is questionable (what is really meant? )