الصفحة الرئيسية - نوستالجيا (محنتي مع سيد القمني) / نادر قريط - أرشيف التعليقات - It’s a goodbye. - a reader

It’s a goodbye. - a reader

- It’s a goodbye.

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2009 / 5 / 25 - 00:08
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In his important book “the selfish gene” introduces the British evolutionary biologist R. Dawkins the concept of various evolutionary-stable strategies ESS which different organisms adopt to cope with their environment, or with competing species. To give an example, certain members of an animal group, might elect to engage in dovish behavior, which might become the preferred conduct of the whole group (conspiracy of doves) until a member or two of the herd begins employing a contrarian hawkish mentality that allows him or her to gain on the expense of the peaceful doves. If such hawkishness is suddenly embraced by more members of the group, it leads to much bloodshed due to war between the hawks, unless they agree amongst themselves to a truce (conspiracy of hawks) in which they only flex their muscles against peaceful doves, and agree to divide the booty. Such competing strategies ebb and flow in the evolutionary mix, until they reach a point of equilibrium, reminiscent with that of a chemical reaction between reactants and products. Should a less than successful ESS appear in the m

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