jimmenegay{at}sbcglobal.net (Jim Menegay) wrote in message
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> "John W Edser"  wrote in message
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> > Post A40
> > > > > JM:-
> > > > > To discover what Hamilton meant by "inclusive
fitness",
> > > > > and to clear up John's misunderstanding, it is
> > > > > best to go to the source.  I include here some extended
> > > > > excerpts from his 1964 paper - the one everyone cites but
> > > > > no one reads.
>  
> > > > JE:-
> > > > Hamilton did not originally use the term
"inclusive fitness",
> > > > it was added later.
>  
> > > JM:-
> > > John, I have to ask what you mean by this and why you wrote it.
> > 
> > JE:-
> > Hamilton's earlier paper did not include this term.
> > According to NAS (as I understood him)
> > inclusive fitness was added later by Hamilton
> > et al (in consultation with other colleagues).
> 
> I suspect that NAS has led you into error again.  (You just can't
> trust what you read in a newsgroup anymore ;-)
>

Can I just nudge in and say that I don't know where John got this
impression; certainly it is not the view that I hold. If John could
direct me to my actual comments, I'd be happy to clear up any
misunderstanding. Cheers.
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