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wendigo100 replied

19 September 2005, 12:38
Originally posted by John Galt

What would be the incentive for the amoebas to share the fruits of their competitive advantage?

They wouldn't share it. The rest would kill him instead. Or, if he were a true socialist, he'd kill himself.
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John Galt replied

19 September 2005, 11:50
Originally posted by wendigo100

Not quite right xog.

If the fruits of a competitive advantage could be shared, then there would be no competitive advantage as you say, but evolution would still have occurred.

What you should have said is that, in the socialist amoeba world, the fruits of a competitive advantage would have to be destroyed, and the fruits of a competitive disadvantage would have had to be shared with the other amoebas.

What would be the incentive for the amoebas to share the fruits of their competitive advantage?
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Lucifer Box replied

19 September 2005, 11:31
Originally posted by wendigo100

shared with the other amoebas.

Amoebae.
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wendigo100 replied

19 September 2005, 10:50
Originally posted by xoggoth

Ameobas had discovered socialism back in the Proterozoic epoch.

It would have been quite wrong for any amoeba to benefit from an accident of birth so the fruits of any competitive advantage would have had to be shared with the other amoebas. It would therefore not be a competitive advantage at all and evolution would have been halted entirely. We would still be ameobas.

Not quite right xog.

If the fruits of a competitive advantage could be shared, then there would be no competitive advantage as you say, but evolution would still have occurred.

What you should have said is that, in the socialist amoeba world, the fruits of a competitive advantage would have to be destroyed, and the fruits of a competitive disadvantage would have had to be shared with the other amoebas.
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Francko replied

19 September 2005, 10:02
Originally posted by zeitghost

Some of us still are.

I went out with a particularly appealing slime mould for a while.

That's quite a standard chick in some areas of London, isn't it?
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John Galt replied

19 September 2005, 09:50
Do you know I could swear that I posted something on this thread - either old age has caught up again or MI5 are finally onto me
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SupremeSpod replied

17 September 2005, 23:17
Originally posted by zeitghost

Some of us still are.

I went out with a particularly appealing slime mould for a while.

Let me guess, you didn't like her at first but she sort of grew on you....?

Spod - In "I'll get me coat" mode!
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xoggoth started a topic What if

17 September 2005, 09:53
What if

Ameobas had discovered socialism back in the Proterozoic epoch.

It would have been quite wrong for any amoeba to benefit from an accident of birth so the fruits of any competitive advantage would have had to be shared with the other amoebas. It would therefore not be a competitive advantage at all and evolution would have been halted entirely. We would still be ameobas.
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