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Isn't non kin altruism just prisoners dilemma part of the evolution? E.g. groups that work together will survive and genes of these groups will get passed on. S
by mewpmewp2 3y ago
Isn't non kin altruism just prisoners dilemma part of the evolution? E.g. groups that work together will survive and genes of these groups will get passed on. So the desire is to help any friendly individuals, but it also works globally because this hasn't really even been part of evolution to be so globalized.
- colechristensen 3y agoNot exactly, but also yes. There is a game being played where there are local optimums of a ratio of cooperating/betraying and evolutionary pressure against the “wrong” ratios. There is also the problem of it being difficult or too resource intensive to have perfect knowledge of what other individuals actually share your genes and by how much and some group altruism is explained by evolution taking shortcuts that work well enough. The point of the book is that the mechanism explaining such things shouldn’t stop at “because it’s good for the group” instead digging down into why what’s good for the genes must explain the higher order behavior.