Comment on Open Thread May 30 - June 5, 2016

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:47:36 GMT

Or imagine that you are literally the first organism who by random mutation achieved a gene for "helping your siblings"

That's not how genes work. There isn't a single gene for "helping your siblings".

Imagine that you are literally the first organism who by random mutation achieved a gene for "helping those who help you". How specifically does this gene increase your fitness, if there is no one else to reciprocate?

Genes don't need to help the individual that carries it. Genes are as Richard Dawkins famously said selfish.

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