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A comment on Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Counts (2009). Parent comment

Re:Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Count... by metafunctor on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @05:24AM (#13308192)
What do you mean when you say "without hard-coding group selection"?

Are you saying the simulation is not valid unless collaboration between individuals arises as an emergent behavior?

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Re:Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Count... by dumb-saint on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:03AM (#13308341)
If you hard-code group selection (setting the group as the unit of evolution), then you are already assuming what you want to prove.
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