Richard Dawkins doesn't know yet but it but his divinely inspired masterpiece "The Selfish Gene" part about recognising cheaters ( a large part of the book ) is the rulebook to getting into Heaven and being written into the Lambs Book of Life , Jesus gave his life so we can be saved, Richard, do your Game Theory and figure out if we deserve Heaven, eternal bliss, and life by denying this sacrifice, somebody should tell him :). Richard Dawkins & similar atheists believe it’s that Genes are selfish & that people/animals basically don’t have free will when it comes to their own survival, it’s the Genes which control the show, also people die because of the rules of survival of the fittest & the genes in a person/animal can’t improve themselves so they die to make room for the next improved generation of the species & new genes. A Meme is an idea which spreads in peoples minds through gossip & have similar characteristics to genes. Altruism can be sh...