>>No; the adults adapted to cannibalize eggs and larvae, especially female larvae.
I don't see why this would be an argument against group selection. Yes, it is an argument against the most romanticized, erroneous ideas of group selection. It is an argument against the idea that group selection somehow stops individual selection. But as a…
>>No; the adults adapted to cannibalize eggs and larvae, especially female larvae.
I don't see why this would be an argument against group selection. Yes, it is an argument against the most romanticized, erroneous ideas of group selection. It is an argument against the idea that group selection somehow stops individual selection. But as a matter of fact, group selection did take place. It just wasn't as pretty as someone might have hoped for. And human reality is also that way. Group selection does take place. And it is in general not as pretty as most of us would wish for.
Okay! I read that post a long time ago (people tend to link it when I'm talking about group selection of humans) and found that the essence of it was that "some people who believed in group selection in the past were really naive". And they were, absolutely.
>>No; the adults adapted to cannibalize eggs and larvae, especially female larvae.
I don't see why this would be an argument against group selection. Yes, it is an argument against the most romanticized, erroneous ideas of group selection. It is an argument against the idea that group selection somehow stops individual selection. But as a matter of fact, group selection did take place. It just wasn't as pretty as someone might have hoped for. And human reality is also that way. Group selection does take place. And it is in general not as pretty as most of us would wish for.
The post does not say otherwise.
Okay! I read that post a long time ago (people tend to link it when I'm talking about group selection of humans) and found that the essence of it was that "some people who believed in group selection in the past were really naive". And they were, absolutely.