chefranden Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Conflict: Altruism’s midwife "...In millions of simulated evolutionary histories, the populations emerging after thousands of generations of selection tend to be either tolerant and selfish, with little warfare, or parochial and altruistic with frequent and lethal encounters with other groups. Occasional transitions occur between the selfish peaceful states and the warring altruistic states. But neither altruism nor parochialism ever proliferate singly; they share a common fate with war, the elixir of their success..." link to it all: http://www.santafe.edu/~bowles/ConflictAltruismMidwife.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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