Well, regarding the gene’s eye view, the example I just cited above (Henrich 2010) about group selection in culture is not relevant; while the main example in this post (selection against SC species in flowering plants) is purely genetic. So group selection is relevant to the gene’s eye view.
Picking out the circumstances in which it would be a likely suspect to explain an observation would be the next step.
But I get the impression that a lot of readers here are still stuck way back at the “group selection can’t possibly exist!” step.
Some category can be useful within some methodology but not within some other methodology.
Well, regarding the gene’s eye view, the example I just cited above (Henrich 2010) about group selection in culture is not relevant; while the main example in this post (selection against SC species in flowering plants) is purely genetic. So group selection is relevant to the gene’s eye view.
Picking out the circumstances in which it would be a likely suspect to explain an observation would be the next step.
But I get the impression that a lot of readers here are still stuck way back at the “group selection can’t possibly exist!” step.