This seems obviously true, except that there are certain regimes where genuine cooperation isn’t ruled out by selfish genes (typically requiring a sort of altruistic willingness to undertake costly detection and punishment of cheaters). So I would not at all rule out instances of genuine altruism if a case can be made that it’s positive-sum enough and widespread enough.
This seems obviously true, except that there are certain regimes where genuine cooperation isn’t ruled out by selfish genes (typically requiring a sort of altruistic willingness to undertake costly detection and punishment of cheaters). So I would not at all rule out instances of genuine altruism if a case can be made that it’s positive-sum enough and widespread enough.