@hbdchick @Outsideness that makes it pathological. But it isn't "altruism" anyway. It is a signaling tragedy of the commons.
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@hbdchick Penguins are pathologically maladapted to deserts. Diseased flippers don't help. -
@Outsideness no such term as, or concept of, pathological maladaptation. but, like i said, if it catches on, we can submit it to OED. (~_^) -
@hbdchick@Outsideness Maladaptation = pathological adaptation, e.g., learning wrong lessons from experience, e.g., dogmatic universalism. -
@HobbesianM no. a mismatched trait is *not* a "pathological maladaptation." it is a mismatched trait. -
@hbdchick "pathological maladaptation" is not a phrase I used. Dogmatic universalism is not a "mismatched trait"; it's a mistake. -
@hbdchick Not that universalism is a bad idea; being too dogmatic about it is, as in modern PC-ness. I don't think that was ever adaptive. -
@HobbesianM well, i think it was, 2-3+ hundred years ago or so in nw europe. (not 1000 years ago. didn't exist yet then.)
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@hbdchick@Outsideness The Galapagos penguin does well enough on the semi-arid Galapagos islands. But I digress... -
@PBarbicane yes. but they're adapted to that environment! (~_^)
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