I strongly recommend Stuart West's video from that same debate: http://vimeo.com/8202768
It is a great summary of the argument against group selection (or more particularly, against the usefulness of multi-level selection as a concept). The angle is quite different from that of Dawkins et al.
The discussion is also interesting. Among other things, Gintis reveals that he is supporting a version of group selection stronger than most of the multi-level selection supporting biologists: http://vimeo.com/8823734
I strongly recommend Stuart West's video from that same debate: http://vimeo.com/8202768
ReplyDeleteIt is a great summary of the argument against group selection (or more particularly, against the usefulness of multi-level selection as a concept). The angle is quite different from that of Dawkins et al.
The discussion is also interesting. Among other things, Gintis reveals that he is supporting a version of group selection stronger than most of the multi-level selection supporting biologists: http://vimeo.com/8823734