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The mathematics of being nice - life - 21 March 2011 - New Scientist Using mathematics to tackle some of biology's biggest questions, Martin Nowak has concluded that an ability to cooperate is the secret of humanity's success. He talks to Michael Marshall about drawing fire from Richard Dawkins, the perils of punishment, and devising the mathematical equivalent of the rules of religion Why are you so fascinated by our ability to help each other out? Cooperation is interesting because it essentially means that you help someone else, someone who is a potential competitor. You reduce your own success in order to increase the success of somebody else . You say there are five different ways in which we cooperate that give us an edge, in terms of natural selection. The third mechanism is when neighbours help each other - cooperators survive in clusters. Group selection has had a tricky reputation, and has been attacked by evolutionary biologists. Unless I've lost count, there should be one mechanism left. Can you explain? So how do you see religion?
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