Yea,... I guess I wasn't following that thread. I think I branched from it, but sorry if interrupting somehthing. Most natural system models of altruism, of course, are necessarily missing the self-conscious aspect that we human folks consider to be the main issue in that. Do you know any way to get people to think about non-self-conscious altruism? I think that's a tough one.
Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Thompson > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FRIAM] WAS: 2. Re: Ants and Bees, Oh My. > > > AND SHOULD BE AGAIN! > > What happened to that lovely little thread about whether > relatedness explained ant and bee social behavior and whether > human evolution suggested that human beings only were > altruistic toward strangers when they were confused. > > GET YOUR OWN DARN THREAD, GUYS! > (;-\} > > Nick > > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
