Re: Underestimating 'r'
- From: an588@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Catherine Woodgold)
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 21:23:03 -0400 (EDT)
"Jim McGinn" (jimmcginn@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
> many people that believe (wrongly IMO) that Darwin's understanding of
> natural selection is inconsistent with the observations that many
> species--including our own--have high degrees of altruism and social
> behaviors.
Altruism and social behaviours can be explained
in terms of natural selection. I even had a computer
program with little automata that evolved by
selection and that showed altruism, in the
context of iterated prisoner's dilemma.
> Some people, mistakenly IMO, believe that Hamilton's rule
> solves this mystery.
What is Hamilton's rule? What is the mystery it is
purported to solve, and how is it purported to solve it?
> Tim is pointing out that when you actually
> examine the evidence closely and honestly it is apparent Hamilton's
> rule predicts something very different from what is actually observed.
What does Hamilton's rule predict? What is observed?
Sorry -- I came in in the middle of a discussion, I guess.
Maybe someone will point me to the right posts to
get up to speed.
--
Cathy Woodgold
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