> If enough of them do so--and especially if the cooperators can somehow quickly find one another--cooperation would soon become the better strategy. To use the

> If enough of them do so--and especially if the cooperators can somehow quickly find one another--cooperation would soon become the better strategy. To use the jargon of evolutionary biologists who think about such things, it would drive noncooperation into extinction. I don't think this works. Although co-operating works great for the majority, that just means it allows a few to 'cheat' and get the biggest payoffs.