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There is an interesting article about Tragedy of the commons in evolutionary biology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534707002741 https:
by thomasahle 8y ago
There is an interesting article about Tragedy of the commons in evolutionary biology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534707002741 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016953470...
There are multiple ways evolution tries to solve this, but it's hard. Insects are particularly good at it.
- zawerf 8y agoThe article is paywalled but it's a pretty plausible result of group selection. The self-interested birds will force out the cooperative birds at first, but they are naturally self-limiting by cutting off their own resources. On the other hand the cooperative birds can ensure that their entire species grow quickly, eventually covering areas that selfish birds haven't reached. In an alternate universe the cooperative birds might even evolve a "moral" behavior where they actively gang up on and punish cheaters who eat unripe fruits.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoI believe because the entire 'flock' has to adopt the same cooperative behavior for it to work. Insects are more genetically uniform.