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.
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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 -
Rarely stated because it's rarely understood. As long as Blueprinters followed tradition they never got witness unconstrained Maker nature and so never had first-hand knowledge of the reason for the traditions.
This is the case for many traditions.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
'printers did conspire to frustrate the evolutionarily programmed desires of Makers and since they were able to do this so effectively over so many generations Makers were left with desires that, if unchecked, were profoundly ill-adapted to the continued survival of the species
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @zackmdavis
: "If one argues that Makers would lead to a substantially different leadership style than Blueprinters, and that Makers have been consistently prevented from doing so before, then one is vulnerable to what you humans call the precautionary principle"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
: "To deal with risky changes to key systems, you should run experiments like replacing *all* of the leaders of a few small countries with Makers and observing the effects"
: "Yet instead you are rolling out the change everywhere at once. Why?"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Ah, well because many seemingly independent countries aren't actually independent. In fact, there's one country that rules many vassal nations and two countries outside its influence. That country in turn is governed by an unusual coalition described by the term "bioleninism"
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @zackmdavis
: "Ah, yes, we also have knowledge of this phenomenon. In Andromeda it is called all-sicknesses-are-friends-when-the-body-is-healthy."
: "However invoking it might not be necessary to explain feminism. People seem to really like feminism!"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
I'm sure even on Andromeda there's a distinction between "fitness maximizers" and "adaptation executors". As long as the actions taken are the same organisms can easily wind up following those rules for bad reasons. Later the behavior changes b/c they reject the spurious reason
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