John Edser wrote:

> BOH:-
> Where, in the inequality rb>c are OFM and OFA distinguished?
> 
> JE:-
> They are supposed to be distinguised by the 
> sign  of c which we agree cannot be distinguished
> because the sign of c remains _arbitrary_. 

No!  You distinguish it by measuring it.  It's simple empirical science. 
  It even fits within a Popperian framework.


> I include this missing term thus:
> 
> 		rb>K-c
> 
> Where
> 
> K has the value of cmax.
> 
This isn't Hamilton's rule...


> Now it is perfectly clear that
> only OFM is operating within
> Hamilton's rule. 
> 
.... so this statement is misleading.

Bob

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