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Altriusm wins even for microbes
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

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    In a mixed population of cooperator (red) and cheater (green) microbes, the cooperators eventually take over.

    https://www.quantamagazine.org/20130802-on-the-microbial-frontier-cooperation-thrives/

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  • DouglasHornDouglasHorn

    Thanks for posting this. It's a very interesting article. Though the researchers are mixed about extrapolating this to human behavior. And even in the microbial models, it's limited to expansion at the frontier and only in benign conditions. Interestingly, in harsh conditions, cheaters may outpace cooperators but ultimately mixed populations fail and only homogeneous cooperator populations manage to expand.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Though the researchers are mixed about extrapolating this to human behavior.

    No need to extrapolate it to humans. I'll soon post on how scientist funded by capitalists transfer animal research into humans for certain goal.

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