[FRIAM] WAS: 2. Re: Ants and Bees, Oh My.

[Nicholas Thompson]

Sure, Phil.  .  Road Rage!  It is an example of altuistic enforcement of a
norm at a risk to the individual doing the enforcing. 

Gotta Run, 

Nick 


> [Original Message]
> From: phil henshaw <sy at synapse9.com>
> To: <nickthompson at earthlink.net>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity
Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
> Date: 7/16/2007 4:00:32 PM
> Subject: RE: [FRIAM] WAS: 2. Re: Ants and Bees, Oh My.
>
> Yea,... I guess I wasn't following that thread.  I think I branched from
> it, but sorry if interrupting somehthing.   Most natural system models
> of altruism, of course, are necessarily missing the self-conscious
> aspect that we human folks consider to be the main issue in that.   Do
> you know any way to get people to think about non-self-conscious
> altruism?  I think that's a tough one.
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: friam-bounces at redfish.com 
> > [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of Nicholas Thompson
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:09 AM
> > To: friam at redfish.com
> > Subject: [FRIAM] WAS: 2. Re: Ants and Bees, Oh My.
> > 
> > 
> > AND SHOULD BE AGAIN!
> > 
> > What happened to that lovely little thread about whether 
> > relatedness explained ant and bee social behavior and whether 
> > human evolution suggested that human beings only were 
> > altruistic toward strangers when they were confused.  
> > 
> > GET YOUR OWN DARN THREAD, GUYS!
> > (;-\}
> > 
> > Nick 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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