Indeed, it is the within-group differences that were most telling. From Wordnik.com. [The Obama Apperception Test: What your vote (and the reasons behind it) says about your unconscious needs] Reference
With random pair formation, within-group selection trumps between-group selection. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XII: Multilevel Selection Theory, Salsa Style] Reference
In both cases, altruism evolves because between-group selection trumps within-group selection. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XII: Multilevel Selection Theory, Salsa Style] Reference
Perhaps they or someone else will find a within-group advantage for bravehearts in the future. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XV: Group Selection in the Wild] Reference
Instead, it stands for the importance of between-group selection relative to within-group selection. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XIII: Hamilton Speaks] Reference
I think conservatives are also in a double bind when it comes to the within-group and external expression of views related to race. From Wordnik.com. [Unfunny = Racist] Reference
Many models are required to support the sweeping claim that "between-group selection is invariably weak, compared to within-group selection.". From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection VIII: Anatomy of a Model] Reference
That is because within-group inequality, by definition, cannot be explained with reference to education, since it occurs among people with the same basic characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [Winner-Take-All Politics] Reference
And within-group inequality accounts for a major part of the rise in inequality since the 1970s, especially at the very top—where almost everyone has a good education.38. From Wordnik.com. [Winner-Take-All Politics] Reference
When we focus on the original problem, there is near universal agreement among theoretical biologists that between-group selection can successfully counter within-group selection. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection IX: Anatomy of a Model (continued)] Reference
Instead, there are only the somewhat polyglot collective intentions within agents, with some degree of within-group communication and shaping about their shared collective purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Acting as a group] Reference
This prevents within-group selection of selfish traits from overwhelming between-group selection of altruistic traits, and results in group-selected traits descending through complex pathways. From Wordnik.com. [Silly Billy on Silly books - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
All evolutionary theories of social behavior include the original problem and solve the problem only by identifying factors that enable between-group selection to overcome within-group selection. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XII: Multilevel Selection Theory, Salsa Style] Reference
Inequality is dramatically higher in the United States not because of greater skill gaps or greater returns to education, but because within-group inequality is greater than it is in other rich nations. From Wordnik.com. [Winner-Take-All Politics] Reference
For Wilson, individual selection means within-group selection, so to determine which strategy is favoured by individual selection, one must compare the fitnesses of W and N types within a group, or pair. From Wordnik.com. [Biological Altruism] Reference
In nature, within-group relatedness is highly variable. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Maybe it is some sort of tribal behaviour that reinforces within-group bonding. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The mean within-group maps were merely used for visualizing the ReHo-reflected activity. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Mere groups turn into organisms when between-group selection trumps within-group selection. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Another argument is that most human genetic variation is within-group, rather than differences between groups. From Wordnik.com. [2 Blowhards] Reference
… Our reactions are … Exactly as one would expect if our psychology evolved to promote within-group cooperation. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Intersection] Reference
The within-group advantage for the defenders of the pride is that they will be able to take it a little easier as they grow older. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
Although Neanderthals must have had very high levels of within-group cooperation, they were no angels: they had a weakness for long pork. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Increasing within-group cohesion should also promote the group efficiency in between-group conflicts and intensify cultural group selection. From Wordnik.com. [FuturePundit] Reference
Because of group efficiency in hunting and the high degree of within-group cooperation, membership in a Neanderthal band or tribe was valuable. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Thus, irrespective of the relative strengths of within-group versus between-group selection, individuals are predicted to maximize their inclusive fitness. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
In most primate species, including our closest ancestors, intense within-group competition limits the opportunities for cooperation among members of the group. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Prosocial behaviors can evolve by a process of between-group selection, as long as this process is stronger than the opposing process of within-group selection. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Also increasing were the abilities to keep track of within-group social interactions, to remember friends and their allies and enemies, and to attract and use allies. From Wordnik.com. [FuturePundit] Reference
When between-group selection sufficiently dominates within-group selection, the group becomes a super-organism and the lower-level organisms acquire the status of organs. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The issues remain momentous when we decide that between-group selection is important after all and can even dominate within-group selection in the case of major transitions. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Likewise, the group-adaptation approach requires the assumption that within-group selection is negligible14, which may be valid for some cases, but in general is not justified. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
In contrast, social groups appear to be designed to maximize their fitness only when this coincides with the maximization of inclusive fitness (when within-group selection is negligible). From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
So, if you’ve experienced within-group prejudice, you have a good clue. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting for Sweeny] Reference
Perhaps they or someone else will find a within-group advantage for bravehearts in the future. ". From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
= 0.05, corrected), the within-group results for the Other >. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
(all p > 0.10), a within-group paired t-test indicated a significant difference between R-T+ and R+T+ (. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Biology: New Articles] Reference
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