evolution

Apparent altruism is usually gene-level accounting — kin selection and reciprocity, not group benevolence.#altruism-is-arithmetic

Selection acts on genes, not individuals or species — the organism is the vehicle the gene builds to copy itself.#gene-is-the-unit

For non-perishable things, age predicts survival — what has lasted a century will likely outlast what launched last year.#lindy-effect

Ideas are replicators under the same selection pressure — an idea spreads because it is good at spreading, not because it is true.#memes-replicate-too

A small intransigent minority with asymmetric preferences sets the standard for everyone else.#minority-rule

Evolutionarily stable strategies explain behaviour with no planner — equilibria emerge from payoffs alone.#stable-strategies