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1) In preparation for my discussion with @BretWeinstein on group selection, I have been making accessible background material available on @tvolmag so that our audience can be well informed. @JonHaidt @EricBeinhocker @NickHanauer @EvoInstitute @CulturalEvolSoc @HumBehEvoSoc ...
2) How Darwin was the first to perceive the need for group selection to explain the evolution of social adaptations. Especially fascinating are the revisions in successive editions of Origin of Species that reflect his increasing awareness: evolution-institute.org/was-darwin-a-g…...
3) How W.D. Hamilton, inventor of the theory that seemed to replace group selection, was among the first to rethink group selection in a positive light. Too bad so many advocates of Inclusive Fitness Theory couldn't follow their own leader...evolution-institute.org/was-hamilton-a…....
4) Why so many otherwise smart people find it so difficult to accept group selection and all that follows from it. What's at stake is individualism, the dominant intellectual tradition of the last half-century @Evolutionistrue @sapinker @RichardDawkins: evolution-institute.org/science-and-re…...
5) The current plateau of acceptance for group selection and why a certain fallacy still exists among otherwise smart people, especially evolutionary psychologists. It all depends on which side of an equation you are basing your thinking upon: evolution-institute.org/focus-article/…...
6) Anyone who takes the time to read and listen to this material will be well prepared for my conversation with @BretWeinstein, who appears to be refreshingly open-minded on the subject.@LeeDugatkin @RubinReport @mixedmentalarts @joerogan @michaelshermer @DrStrange @EvonomicsMag
