<i>&gt; If your knowledge of evolution is limited to having read &#x27;The Selfish Gene&#x27;, you should be aware that you likely carry several misconceptions</i><p>I know this is veering wildly offtopic, but when I see misconceptions about evolution on HN, they&#x27;re <i>usually not</i> being displayed by people with too rudimentary a science background, it&#x27;s mostly people with an altogether unscientific background such as creationism or other religious and philosophical ideas that are in conflict with factual information.<p><i>&gt; Incidentally, I&#x27;ve also spotted this on the TV show QI, many of whose clever &#x27;facts&#x27; are misleading at best or just plain incorrect.</i><p>I&#x27;m not familiar with that show, but that&#x27;s a common problem in science journalism now, and it&#x27;s not even confined to &quot;popular&quot; science anymore either. Maybe it&#x27;s always been that way, and I just notice it more nowadays.