Chris Gordon-Smith wrote,

> CGS:-
> Note that I am talking about the entity at the level above the units that
> are being used for experiments. In your earlier post you said that the
> entity could perform experiments on itself. What I am saying is that in
> fact it can only perform experiments on _parts_ of itself. The entity that
> is performing the experiments is above the level of the units that it is
> experimenting on.

JE:-
You firstly have to decide if the lower
level constitutes a nested set within the
higher or the higher only intersects
(overlaps) the lower. If A and B are nested
sets of fitness where A is within B, then A
is selected in competition between B's in
the same population and not in competition
between A's.

Regards,

John Edser
Independent Researcher

PO Box 266
Church Pt
NSW 2105
Australia

edser{at}tpg.com.au
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