> Natural selection is by the environment, kin selection is by the organism. This is simply a false statement. Kin selection isn't distinct from natural select

> Natural selection is by the environment, kin selection is by the organism. This is simply a false statement. Kin selection isn't distinct from natural selection. Kin selection is the idea that a trait could be harmful to an organism but if it confers sufficient benefit to close relatives (who are likely to have the same gene), the trait can be favored. It is one of the core ideas of "the selfish gene" view -- that from an organisms vantage point such a trait should go extinct, but viewed from the gene's vantage point, it is a desirable trait.