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To: Paloma_55
"What would Darwin's theory predict the behavior of Family A to be?

"1) Give the food to family B.

"2) Take the food for family A and let family B fend for themselves.

"Be honest with yourself.

Kin selection, a part of the ToE, would predict that the actions of the two families would depend on how related those families felt they were. The relation does not have to be genetic but can be communal.

What did happen?

280 posted on 09/13/2005 11:57:46 AM PDT by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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To: b_sharp; Paloma_55
Kin selection, a part of the ToE, would predict that the actions of the two families would depend on how related those families felt they were. The relation does not have to be genetic but can be communal.

And indeed beyond kin selection complex societies, such as those formed by intelligent apes practice group selection. A group which co-operates is more likely to have individuals in that group survive to child-rearing age than a group whose individuals constantly adopt the most selfish strategy. Dawkins (in his real-science rather than pop-science guise) has worked on the math of such propositions. The "repeated prisoners dilemma" models such situations in game-theory.

287 posted on 09/13/2005 12:04:19 PM PDT by Thatcherite (Conservative and Biblical Literalist are not synonymous)
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To: b_sharp
What did happen?

Well.

The family WITH the food, ate it and went to bed fat and happy.

The family without, attacked them while they slept, and now are enjoying have their neighbors for dinner; often.

327 posted on 09/13/2005 12:56:15 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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