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Re:Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Count... by kitd on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @09:28AM (#13309315)
Think of an ant colony. All of them brothers or half-brothers, who will sacrifice themselves when under attack to save the gene pool.
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Re:Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Count... by rarec on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:40AM (#13310375)
That's not entirely fair as an example, as most ants will not breed and only a select few do. If you had a queen ant risking herself or the drones to save the colony, that's a different story.
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Re:Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Count... by int_19h on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:27PM (#13314271)
It's actually similar, it's just that the moment of choice here - whether to sacrifice yourself for the good of the genetic line - happens before birth for those ants that will not reproduce, and is made for them by other ants. Same thing for bee workers etc. But the genes that enable this type of behavior should arise in a similar manner as part of the evolutionary process.
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