Genes, for example, may loose everything by the actions of their products. We can decide and abandon the DNA, one day. But even smaller actions we already do, inflict the genes.
Just every level is susceptible, groups as well. Pinker is not right this time.
See, that’s the sort of idea that seems like it must be true, and you can make out that it’s a coherent position, but it really isn’t how evolution actually works. They did in fact go and look.
The evolution is just going on at all the levels.
Genes, for example, may loose everything by the actions of their products. We can decide and abandon the DNA, one day. But even smaller actions we already do, inflict the genes.
Just every level is susceptible, groups as well. Pinker is not right this time.
See, that’s the sort of idea that seems like it must be true, and you can make out that it’s a coherent position, but it really isn’t how evolution actually works. They did in fact go and look.
Have you not heard that group selection models and kin selection models are formally equivalent?