They have to divide up the makers as spoils of war. If they fail and fight amongst themselves, they get killed by blueprinters who are better at cooperating. This over many, many generations all the makers produce offspring. Only the most cooperative blueprinters do. 4/5
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The makers still have the genetic tendency to want to see the blueprinters fight but the blueprinters now have a massive genetic disinclination to do so (all those who did, got killed). 5/5
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @zackmdavis
: Covfefe, your analysis is remarkably astute, I did not think that sentient chickens existed on your planet yet.
You are able to explain Blueprinter hierarchy, but not yet explain the exclusion of Makers of extreme quality from that Blueprinter hierarchy. Whence cometh it?1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Because Makers were selected to be disruptive to Blueprinter cooperation as part of their selection (they have to sow conflict to find the best Blueprinters). The costs of excluding exceptional Makers are tiny compared to the losses due to reduced cooperation from including them
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You see, in a sexually reproducing species mating is very high stakes so there are game theory reasons for both hiding your own quality as well as a desire for testing potential mates for quality.
The test for Makers is simpler as a 'printer can simply use visual inspection.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Testing 'printer quality is much more complex (and higher stakes). Makers have to test Blueprinters for traits that the Maker lacks - like physical strength and cleverness in conflict. One way for Makers to solve this is by manipulating 'printers into conflicts *with each other*
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A Blueprinter seeking a mate will subject Makers to close physical inspection. A Maker seeking a mate will start a war to find the winner.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @zackmdavis
@covfefeAnon
: "I see. So your overall point is that the 'feminists' are actually correct in their most central thesis that Blueprinter Hierarchies evolve to exclude Makers from positions of power, but the true explanation for this phenomenon is rarely stated?"2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
: "Some have claimed that if humanity were exclusively led by Makers, it would have more peace and more utility per human overall"
: "Since we know that there is an asymmetry between your genders, this is not an obviously incorrect position, a priori I assign 50% to it"1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
: "Feminism would make more sense if it just said that Makers are better at leading than Blueprinters in your modern age. Talking about equality between the genders is a logical misstep, though I can see that it might have been a politically expedient falsehood to gain power"1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
Another artifact of the Blueprinter / Maker dichotomy is that Makers are adapted to persuasion disconnected from any connection to reality since Makers are safely insulated from reality by Blueprinters who cannot get so disconnected that they can't fight off competing 'printers.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @zackmdavis
: "Why are makers more likely to be disconnected from reality?"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
All humans are social and so prone to disconnect from reality in favor of "social reality" but Blueprinters are subject to checks on this tendency - other groups of competing 'printers who can take possession of their groups' Makers (after the first groups' 'printers are dead)
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