"John Edser"  wrote in message
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> The Question A:
> When b remains positive (spite is
> ignored) what is the difference between
> a _reduced_ positive c and a negative c?
> 
> Biological translation of question A:
> What is the difference between just a
> _reduced_ donation and an investment
> as measured by Hamilton's rule?
> 
> Dr O'Hara's unambiguous answer: 
> "As far as the  rule is concerned, 
> none."
> 
> I have given Dr O'Hara every opportunity
> to change this answer. He remains adamant
> that this is his answer. NAS has explicitly
> said he does not agree with Dr O'Hara's
> answer but has now "amended" this so
> nobody can tell what he means. 

I find this accusation offensive. I stand by my unamended answer. My
'amendment' is my statement to the effect that I understood why Dr
O'Hara has answered the way he has, and that I agree with his
reasoning, and that we all agree that the question is ambiguous, so
that both our ansers are justified depending on how you interpret the
question. As to the clarity of my answer: if you have any conceptual
problems, I would rather you admitted to these out-right and let me
clarify, than have you run away to another thread to gibber about me
in this manner.

> You
> have done likewise. NAS has a habit 
> of changing his/her mind and being
> ambiguous. We all make errors. 
> However, please refer to our discussion
> re: the basic requirement for a maximand
> and his/her "on and off again" definitions 
> of marginal fitness.

I have a single definition of marginal fitness, and I have not altered
that definition at any point on this newsgroup. I have, once, misread
a question and given an inappropriate answer, but upon re-reading this
I immediately pointed out my error, and provided the correct answer.
Your refusal to drop this is simply more clutching at straws, now that
you have tied yourself up in so many self-contradictions and you have
nowhere left to turn.
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