Should Evolution Necessarily be Egolution?

TL;DR

This paper compares altruistic and egoistic population models to evaluate their evolutionary adaptivity, demonstrating the advantage of altruism through computational experiments and discussing implications for genetic algorithms and extraterrestrial life.

Contribution

It introduces a comparative analysis of altruistic versus egoistic models, highlighting the superiority of altruism in evolutionary adaptivity.

Findings

Altruistic models outperform egoistic ones in adaptivity.

Computational experiments support the advantage of altruism.

Discussion on implications for genetic algorithms and extraterrestrial life.

Abstract

In the article I study the evolutionary adaptivity of two simple population models, based on either altruistic or egoistic law of energy exchange. The computational experiments show the convincing advantage of the altruists, which brings us to a small discussion about genetic algorithms and extraterrestrial life.