Q: Should we treat group-level gene selection as fundamental? I.e., If we need a large-scale model of organismal evolution, should we program it with extra laws that govern the selection of groups?
Because the answer is debatable, I said “probably not” in my answer instead of no. I’ll ETA a link to your comment indicating some disagreement.
I’m not sure here. Look at this paper, for example, in which the author suggests a few points of differences between the two theories and some practicality issues. There doesn’t seem to be much concern over what’s “fundamental,” only over which model is more useful and in which situations this is true.
Edit: Actually, now I’m confused. I’m going to leave the text above, but I’m not sure I agree with it. I’ll reply when (if?) I figure this out.
This was my third question:
Because the answer is debatable, I said “probably not” in my answer instead of no. I’ll ETA a link to your comment indicating some disagreement.
I’m not sure here. Look at this paper, for example, in which the author suggests a few points of differences between the two theories and some practicality issues. There doesn’t seem to be much concern over what’s “fundamental,” only over which model is more useful and in which situations this is true.
Edit: Actually, now I’m confused. I’m going to leave the text above, but I’m not sure I agree with it. I’ll reply when (if?) I figure this out.