<<  From this point of view it is also seen, however, that 
 there is nothing special about the parent-offspring 
 relationship except its close degree and a certain 
 fundamental asymetry.  The full-sib relationship is 
 just as close. ... >>


So according to the above the identical twin (sharing 100% of the genes) would
more likely protect her sibling than her child which is 50% of the gene right?

This is where the altruism idea breaks down for me. Then too humans help cats,
old ladies, cripples, dying plants, and others.
And the entire idea is a term defining a phenomenon and it has no clear cut
basis in biology.

IF you turn it around and say
Move toward food evoles to
Move toward nurturing of any kind
evolves to
Move toward nurturers evolves to
Nurture others to get nurturing back
evolves to
Nurture others unselfishly without nurturing back.

OR
Mother nurtures self evolves to
Mother nurtures unborn within self evolves to
Mother nurtures born outside of self evolves to
Mother nurtures others not her children
people nurture others for no reason.

Then the entire process has a biological base - food in.

Getting hung up on math/formulas, reminds me of all the thinking on codon's and
the genetic code - where scientists tried to fit a formula to the code when
there was none there.
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