"Bob O'Hara"  wrote in
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> > Question #10.  What is Hamilton's b?  Again, answer both
> > ways.  Please indicate how you calculated this.
> >
> b is the difference between being a beneficiary and not being a
> beneficiary, when your own phenotype is the same in the two cases.  It
> can therefore be calculated in two ways: w_NB-w_NN or w_HB-w_HN.  In
> both cases (and with both fitness measures), we get b=0.05.

Well, we seem to agree on theory, but to disagree on arithmetic.  ;-)

> > Question #11.  Is it to be expected that the gene(s)
> > for helpfulness are increasing in frequency in this
> > population?
>
> c=0.05, rb= 0.05 x 0.5 = 0.025, so this suggests that it shouldn't be
> increasing.
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