tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post3651540332871083667..comments2024-03-28T00:36:36.460-07:00Comments on The Tree of Life: Evolution for Goodness SakeJonathan Eisenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-19200983192694625012007-09-19T10:52:00.000-07:002007-09-19T10:52:00.000-07:00I have not read that --- but I have a whole collec...I have not read that --- but I have a whole collection of interesting books in the area. I think Trivers book "Social Evolution" is hard to top - more because of what it represented at the time than because it is the perfect book. But I really really like the new "Altruism equation" book I referred to because it traces the history of ideas on altruism.Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-19192983201369741282007-09-19T10:14:00.000-07:002007-09-19T10:14:00.000-07:00So, what do you think about "Unto Others" by Sober...So, what do you think about "Unto Others" by Sober and Wilson?Bora Zivkovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763808287050592569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-25270216250168264942007-09-19T06:51:00.000-07:002007-09-19T06:51:00.000-07:00Oh - I think Wade knows all this I think this is ...Oh - I think Wade knows all this I think this is just a case where the wording of the introduction is such that it would take a very careful reader to catch that he is specifically only talking about the new work.Jonathan Eisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953790938128734305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781944.post-62238421142145157692007-09-19T04:57:00.000-07:002007-09-19T04:57:00.000-07:00Guess he hasn't read much Trivers. By the way, I ...Guess he hasn't read much Trivers. By the way, I audited a course by Trivers about the same time that I was preparing for my qualifying exams at Rutgers - I got more out of a class where I didn't receive any credit than any other course that I took.michael ferrarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685099483461141362noreply@blogger.com