Vaniver comments on Rationality Quotes September 2011 - Less Wrong
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Well in that case, I was not talking about group selection. I was referring to a set of individuals each of whose reproductive fitness would be enhanced by the beliefs shared by him and the other members of the set of individuals.
I think that in normal discussions, it's reasonable to refer to a set of individuals with shared beliefs as a "group." And if those beliefs generally enhance the reproduction of the individuals in that group, it's reasonable to state that the reproductive fitness in the group has been enhanced.
I suppose, but I think it was pretty clear from the context what I meant when I said that certain beliefs "arguably increase the reproductive fitness in the individuals and groups who hold them." At a minimum, I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt.
I agree with you, as implied by my choice of "oversensitive" rather than "sensitive."
Thanks, and for what it's worth I do agree that group selection as you have defined it is vulnerable to defection by individuals.