[MD] example of reciprocal altruism?

[kieffer odigaunt]

Yes, you are right Craig but people behave altruistically often without
thought of reciprocity - they do this by virtue of inheritance. The
reciprocity is the quality that was selected.

-KO

2008/12/27 <craigerb at comcast.net>

> [KO]
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7797776.stm
> Good news for those of us who see mutual cooperationas
> evolutionary.However, the term 'reciprocal altruism' is oxymoronic
> inEnglish.  'Altruism' is doing something for another's sakewithout expected
> benefit to one's self.  A betterdescription is the one from the article
> above, viz.,"calculated reciprocity".Craig
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