Kaj_Sotala comments on Intelligence Explosion vs. Co-operative Explosion - Less Wrong
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Interesting, thanks. I'm revising my faith in Haidt's theories downwards.
EDIT: Just noticed, Haidt defends himself in the comments.
EDIT2: David S. Wilson comments on Coyne's post.
From there:
This way of framing the debate just seems daft to me. Individuals care for others. In particular, they care for their kin. We have known the details of why individuals care for kin since the 1960s. It should not be group selection vs individual selection - it should be group selection vs kin selection - and kin selection basically won this battle back in the 1980s. That is not to say that group selection is wrong, it's just not a favoured set of models and terminology.
FWIW, that's about a different post by Coyne, from some time back.
Ah, good catch.