The quest stands on the blade of a knifehttps://twitter.com/toad_spotted/status/985595288181231616 …
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Replying to @toad_spotted
We are at one of those saddlepoints where suddenly the payoffs of different evolutionary strategies diverges widely (but no one knows which way)
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas
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Replying to @toad_spotted
yeah i think we’re thinking on the same lines (but i don’t get your exact pt about monogamy - isn’t that true of *any* strategy?)
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Replying to @QuasLacrimas
Eh, not exactly. I'm thinking of fertility as providing information to each partner on whether to cooperate or defect. There is much more uncertainty about the fertility of other potential partners, so each just goes by physical appearance.
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Replying to @toad_spotted
first off, you could have tfr = 1 where 1% of population is (monog, 8kids) and the other 99% is (promisc, <1kid)
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and even if you mean tfr among monogamous couples (only) <2, (a) petitio, (b) see my other comment
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