"UK scientists are proposing that cheating and lying are the
inevitable evolutionary consequences of living in cooperative communities. That is, first cooperation (trust between individuals) had to evolve, paving the way for opportunistic exploitation of another individual’s trust. The researchers claim to have shown from ‘game theory’ and observation of 24 primate species that “the evolution of cooperation can create selection pressures favoring the evolution of tactical deception”.
Reporting on this, at least one journalist understood the [im]‘moral’ of the story: “So we humans needn’t feel too bad about our tendency to cheat and lie.”
But then again, the journalist is presuming the researchers weren’t lying about their findings …"
CMI
Reporting on this, at least one journalist understood the [im]‘moral’ of the story: “So we humans needn’t feel too bad about our tendency to cheat and lie.”
But then again, the journalist is presuming the researchers weren’t lying about their findings …"
CMI
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Revelation 22:15
