Re: Hamilton's Rule In The Mirror
From: John Edser (edser_at_tpg.com.au)
Date: 03/08/05
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Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:41:43 -0500 (EST)
> > JE:-
> > The relative opposite of an idea is just
> > a mirror image of it. In mathematics, the
> > mirror represents zero. Note that mathematics
> > cannot tell you where to place the mirror for
> > any idea. The abolute opposite of an idea is
> > the devils image in the mirror, i.e. no reflection.
> > So what do we see when we look at the reflection of
> > Hamilton's Rule rb>c in the mirror:
> >
> > -c > -rb
> >
> > In this situation roles become reversed.
> > Hamilton's single donor now becomes a
> > single recipient accepting largess from many
> > donors related r who were originally many recipients.
> > The act remains "altruistic" as defined by
> > Hamilton but the recipients are now the
> > altruists and not the single actor. Note that
> > the sign of c has changed from positive to negative
> > for this role reversal which remains an altruistic act.
> NAS:-
> This is just plain wrong. As we have explained to you in the past, -c
> is not the same as "negative c". For instance, let me make a
> mathematically true statement:
>
> 4 < 5
>
> reflecting this in your mirror we have
>
> -4 > -5
>
> note that the sign of "5" stays the same throughout. "5" is always
> positive.
JE:-
You have hopelessly misused mathematical logic.
Such misuse happens all the time within your reasoning.
The mirror reverses the _relationship_ between
actor and recipients so that the -c in the
mirror represents a REALTIONSHIP REALITY. It is nonsense
to claim that the situation where the recipients
become donors and donors become recipients represents
the same relationship event as its reverse!
Regards,
John Edser
Independent Researcher
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NSW 2105
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edser@tpg.com.au
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