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Mathematical mysteries: Survival of the nicest?
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May 5, 2:43pm
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•http://plus.maths.org/issue19/xfile/i...
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It never ceases to amaze me how many people are utterly shocked that evolution would favor cooperation in a situation where the whole benefits. It's very simple really, organisms that cooperate in groups tend to do much better in many circumstances than individual, loner, leachers do. It then stands to reason that this being the case, organisms that were more cooperative/altruistic toward the whole in general do better over time as they reap the benefits of living in a community which significantly out weigh any costs of altruism over time.
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