Competition and Coexistence

Chapter five speaks mainly of the competition existing between different organisms due to their differences. Dawkins explains that if we all agreed to behave in the same manner, then other organisms living within our environment would not be our rivals, but rather our conspirators. Anyhow, the problem with conspiracies is that sooner or later, one organism will begin to take advantage over the other, and then the all-dove group would allow hawks to surge. these hawks would do so brilliantly well, that the rivalry between hawks and doves would inevitably arise. This, I find, relates a lot to the way we humans behave. Although we may attempt at being or becoming equal to others around us, treachery is bound to occur. It isn’t possible for humans to peacefully coexist forever. This is why Dawkins states that an environment where competition and aggression exist is far more stable, because although it does not benefit all of the organisms living in it, they do not betray each other.