In cases where modern science disagrees with what’s written in historical documents, there are usually strong reasons to prefer the conclusions of modern science.
Do you know of any modern scientific results which would prove that if members of a group stop supporting their group, than that group will not have reduced chances of survival?
It’s motte-and-bailey.
Don’t worry, I will not “go back to claiming” that “genetic traits in individuals develop for the main purpose of making the group fitter” after the discussion is over. :) I honestly didn’t held that belief. I only held (and still hold) the belief that the survival of the fittest can also apply in the case of competition between groups, which is not something which is disproved by the arguments against group selection.
On the other hand, this discussion made me think about the possibility of people confusing the above with the term “group selection”, and having read that “group selection is obsolete, not supported, and wrong” might conclude that it’s not true that groups adapt, change, and get stronger or get destroyed based on how fit (how well group members are supporting the group also making part of the fitness of the group) and how adaptive they are compared to other groups, although this is not what group selection is about.
Do you know of any modern scientific results which would prove that if members of a group stop supporting their group, than that group will not have reduced chances of survival?
Don’t worry, I will not “go back to claiming” that “genetic traits in individuals develop for the main purpose of making the group fitter” after the discussion is over. :) I honestly didn’t held that belief. I only held (and still hold) the belief that the survival of the fittest can also apply in the case of competition between groups, which is not something which is disproved by the arguments against group selection.
On the other hand, this discussion made me think about the possibility of people confusing the above with the term “group selection”, and having read that “group selection is obsolete, not supported, and wrong” might conclude that it’s not true that groups adapt, change, and get stronger or get destroyed based on how fit (how well group members are supporting the group also making part of the fitness of the group) and how adaptive they are compared to other groups, although this is not what group selection is about.