In case you missed it last night, my latest Ribbonfarm posthttps://twitter.com/sarahdoingthing/status/698026488944177153 …
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Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler related thought - prestige was so reliably a path to reproduction that prestige-seeking outweighs/subsumes reproductive drive3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@KevinSimler not quite if the heroic "prestige seeking" ends in death... :)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AlexSchleber
@AlexSchleber@KevinSimler it only has to work statistically, genes don't care ;)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@KevinSimler hmmm...wouldn't all be genetically biased towards heroism over time then? Instead of: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/what-percentage-of-americans-have-served-in-the-military/ …1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @AlexSchleber
@AlexSchleber@KevinSimler it's complicated - military heroism isn't the only form of prestige-seeking,1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@AlexSchleber @KevinSimler & 80-yr time trends couldn't reflect genetic change (500 year pacification maybe, though)
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