what I thought was the general rationalist belief that altruism in extended societies largely exists for signaling reasons.
That’s, um, not a general rationalist belief.
More accurately, we evolved to be altruistic for signalling reasons. However, we don’t really care why we evolved to be altruistic. We just care about others.
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That’s, um, not a general rationalist belief.
More accurately, we evolved to be altruistic for signalling reasons. However, we don’t really care why we evolved to be altruistic. We just care about others.