Proof that nice guys actually finish first!
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“If a group of atoms in the presence of energy falls into a stable pattern it will tend to stay that way. The earliest form of natural selection was simply a selection of stable forms and a rejection of unstable ones. There is no mystery about this. It had to happen by definition. From this, of course, it does not follow that you can explain the existence of entities as complex as man by exactly the same principles on their own. It is no good taking the right number of atoms and shaking them together with some external energy till they happen to fall into the right pattern, and out drops Adam!”
― Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
When we choose to cooperate honestly, we are all more successful. Why, because of the strategy science this video provides! “Niceness” is the way life really works. Cooperation is the most stable pattern for human social evolution and survival.
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Tic for tat seems to be more pragmatic then nice
Not in America where lying, cheating, and stealing on a collective basis by corporations and wealthy people are look upon as good virtues and being honest is a mark of a naive fool. Look at how we treat whistleblowersin this country.