Hamilton’s rule

Hamilton’s rule.

Apr 14, 2025

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Hamilton’s rule attempts to link costs, c, benefits, b, and genetic relatedness, r. Hamilton’s rule does not apply to spouses, because r is 0. Everyday life tells us that costly benefits are more likely to be given because of expediency, or because of mutuality, than because of consanguinity. A necessary condition for mutuality is that…
Figures of speech, periphrases, parapraxes, and solecisms.

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Figures of speech are inadvertent social information about the user until proven otherwise: they are particularly misplaced at work, where they reduce signal relative to noise, usually because the operative wishes to bring something of himself or herself to the format. The use of metaphor indicates lack of substance until proven otherwise, such as advising…