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#542 - Dr Randy Nesse - Evolutionary Psychiatry Can Explain Human Emotions
Modern Wisdom
The Origins of Altruism and Cooperation
The origins of altruism and cooperation are long and remarkably nasty for people. But the work of Mary Jane West Eberhard, an insect biologist who was trying to understand altruism way back in the 1970s has a satisfying answer. She argues that individuals are competing not just to be the best mates, but to be thebest partner for other kinds of things too. And this creates really strong selection for being helpful and honest and empathic. It creates its own selection force for being good.
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