Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.

One reason that a truth and reconciliation process is needed for group selection is to return to the simplicity of the original problem and Darwin’s solution. As Ed Wilson and I put it in our recent review article titled “Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiology“: Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.

Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.