JoshuaZ comments on Open thread, August 19-25, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 19 August 2013 05:07:35PM 2 points [-]

A new study shows that manipulative behavior could be linked to the development of some forms of altruism. The study itself is unfortunately behind a paywall.

Comment author: somervta 21 August 2013 02:02:17AM 3 points [-]

I have access - PM me if you're interested in it.

Comment author: diegocaleiro 20 August 2013 04:45:48AM 1 point [-]

Didn't Sci Hub work to find an upaid version, it often does......http://sci-hub.org/

Comment author: gwern 20 August 2013 03:54:42PM 1 point [-]

Sci-hub does not work for US users AFAIK.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 19 August 2013 09:18:25PM 1 point [-]

It's about eusocial animals. Human relevance?

Comment author: JoshuaZ 19 August 2013 09:20:09PM 0 points [-]

Unclear. One could conceive of similar action occurring in highly social species that aren't eusocial but have limited numbers of breeding pairs, but that's not frequently done by primates.