tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180769075610486242.post3369137052019113599..comments2024-01-02T09:45:52.570-05:00Comments on Lost in Transcription Has Moved!!: Important Harvard Scientists Attack Kin Selection: ContextAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04284995441818864226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180769075610486242.post-76750422086451018492011-04-01T16:39:45.774-04:002011-04-01T16:39:45.774-04:00Wow. That's a depth of politics of which I was...Wow. That's a depth of politics of which I was only dimly aware, at best. <br /><br />On first reading Nowak <i>et al.</i>, I remember getting the distinct feeling that someone was playing fast and loose with the argument against kin selection in the first half—they dropped most of their argument into the Supplement, for crying out loud! Then in the second half, they built up a model for the origin of eusociality that made a lot of sense to me, but also seemed to <a href="http://www.denimandtweed.com/2010/09/new-cooperation-theory-has-major-mommy.html" rel="nofollow">make eusociality a bad model for human cooperation</a>, which I'd always thought kin selection was originally proposed to explain.<br /><br />All in all, it's a very strange piece of scientific writing.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881782434020591654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180769075610486242.post-31878368758337930052011-04-01T15:12:27.289-04:002011-04-01T15:12:27.289-04:00Nice summary. It was worth the read. -Matt R.Nice summary. It was worth the read. -Matt R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com