From one piece Nowak, "Five rules for the evolution of cooperation" (Science, via PubMed Central) 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Natural selection opposes cooperation by default, so cooperation only survives where a specific mechanism is at work.Their words
But natural selection implies competition and therefore opposes cooperation unless a specific mechanism is at work.
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Cooperation means a selfish replicator giving up some of its own reproductive potential to help another.Their words
Cooperation means that selfish replicators forgo some of their reproductive potential to help one another.
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Cooperation is needed for evolution to construct new levels of organization.