Editing Philosophy Biology (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'Altruism' (Hamilton's Rule):'''
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def should_i_be_altruistic(benefit_to_other, cost_to_me, relatedness):
    """
    Hamilton's Rule: rB > C
    Altruism evolves if the benefit to the relative (B) 
    multiplied by the kinship (r) is greater than the cost (C).
    """
    if (relatedness * benefit_to_other) > cost_to_me:
        return "ALTRUISM: I will help because it saves my genes."
    else:
        return "SELFISHNESS: The cost to my survival is too high."

# Saving two brothers (r=0.5) at the cost of your life (C=1)
# 0.5 * 2 = 1. Rule says it's a 'tie'.
print(should_i_be_altruistic(benefit_to_other=2, cost_to_me=0.9, relatedness=0.5))
# This is how biology explains why animals (and humans) 
# risk their lives for their families.
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; Biological Paradoxes
: '''The C-Value Enigma''' → Why do some "simple" onions have 5x more DNA than a human? (Proving that complexity is not in the amount of DNA).
: '''The Problem of the Individual''' → An Aspen forest is technically one single organism (the roots are all connected). If one tree dies, did the individual die?
: '''The Paradox of Sex''' → Asexual reproduction is 2x more efficient (you don't need to find a mate). Why did almost all complex life evolve to have sex?
: '''Natural Selection as Tautology?''' → Is "Survival of the Fittest" just saying "The ones that survive are the ones that survive"? Philosophers show it's more complex.
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