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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > 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. > > Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 680 Ft. Washington Ave > NY NY 10040 > tel: 212-795-4844 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > explorations: www.synapse9.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Thompson > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:09 AM > > To: [email protected] > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > >
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