Original Website Blurb from 2011
Psychopathy is a perfect example of what biologists call frequency-dependent selection. As long as they are rare, they prosper. As soon as they become too common, they crash the population and lose out to more cooperative types.
Much more on the evolution of reason as an arguing strategy:
http://evolution.binghamton.edu/evos/seminars/fall-2011/mercier/
which includes both a video seminar and a link to his paper, which is some good bedtime reading.
Speaking of which, I’ve got grass plugs to plant tomorrow morning, so I need some sleep. Good night.
VSI Episode 23