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6 Post author: PhilGoetz 29 September 2011 04:22PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 30 September 2011 04:06:19AM 3 points [-]

To be honest I suspect it may be interesting to hear what other people than either Phil or Eliezer have to say on the details of group selection applicability. It's a red flag for both of them.

For my part it strikes me that there is something rather different between the thing that Eliezer ridicules and the thing that species selection can be considered an instance of. There is also more to be said on what modern biology has to say on the subject.

It may also be worth seeing if there are contributors with suggestions on how to mellow out the group selection page without introducing any inaccuracies.

Comment author: Craig_Heldreth 30 September 2011 02:16:09PM 5 points [-]

Group selection is a topic which breeds contention for some reason. For example I do not understand why Robert Sapolsky (top primate expert) seems to treat the subject with a tone of voice which is almost sanctimonious in these lectures:

Biology and Human Behavior.

It seems as if he has a muscle memory of getting bludgeoned by hours of arguments.