# Survival machine > 리차드 도킨스가 이기적 유전자에서 고안한 용어. [리차드 도킨스](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Richard%20Dawkins.txt)가 [이기적 유전자](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/The%20selfish%20gene.txt)에서 고안한 용어. > We are survival machines - robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as . This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment. Though I have known it for years, I never seem to get fully used to it. One of my hopes is that I may have some success in astonishing others. --[Richard Dawkins](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Richard%20Dawkins.txt), [이기적 유전자](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/The%20selfish%20gene.txt) 1판 서문 중