A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health textbook from 1929

Re:A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health tex... by jon_richards on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @11:39AM (#42319186)

I believe there was a study that showed a mix of behaviors because populations with cooperative individuals out-compete in plentiful times and selfish individuals out-compete in scarce times. Hard to Google now because of selfish gene theory.

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Re:A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health tex... by wussboy on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @11:47AM (#42319291)

D.S. Wilson did a lot of work in that area.

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Re:A pro-science, pro-progress, techno-optimistic health tex... by drcwpl on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @12:09PM (#42319521)

Yes, especially his A theory of group selection https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC432258/

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