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Kai Wang

EDSC provides insight into social phenomenons

Looking at society as a gene pool that compete with other gene pools, the inner structure/stratification/diversity of the gene pool can be better understood and this can probably be done easily with some math model and computer simulation.

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Kai Wang

According to Peter Watson in his "ideas", The distinction between optimistic and pessimistic view of human nature was the origin of conservatism and liberalism, i.e. left and right. What will a unification of understanding of human nature mean for the political devide then? <br>

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Kai Wang

Manipulator/manipulatee composition as a result of EDSC

Only groups in which members fall to this kind of manipulation by their leaders can win against groups in which no one is as "foolish". Thus group selection (i.e. gene pool) will have adaption pressure on having some gene member manipulators and others manipulatees. This, like the programmed emotion apparatus for social conformity, is a natural result of EDSC. There is evidence showing this phenomenon in modern days.

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Kai Wang

There is biological root in religions.

As EDSC predicted, there is adaptive pressure on successful manipulation within a social group. Thus there is adaptive pressure for religious belief or spirituality.

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Kai Wang

Isn't the source of the deep historical pessimism in the 20th century our lack of understanding regarding humans' tendency of violence against fellow humans? If this mystery is solved by EDSC, then can it turn into a foundation for a deep historical optimism?

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Kai Wang

Spread Richard D. Alexander's theory of the evolutionary origin of "us v.s. them"

[This theory](https://themind.net/references/qwoOUjrRSwaFZrY5G3vEEA), as pointed out by the paper, can have a great impact if widely understood by the general public > though their effect on human self-understanding and self-images, will eventually assist us in dealing with not only the traumas of conflicts between individuals and small groups but our bizarre international competitions and our stubbornness in seeking pleasures that threaten the long-term future of our planet as a human environment. More specifics of this theory [Dealing with social circumstances was the real challenge in human evolution](https://themind.net/references/gcEc3uCVR_ePqgoY_DPriA) [Why humans continue to live in groups](https://themind.net/references/GjY_8sBoS4CFHn23oOoz9g) Recent research on [Human large-scale cooperation as a product of competition between cultural groups](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14416-8) The [inclusive fitness theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusive_fitness) provides the math formula regarding social behavior as a product of group selection. The multilevel selection theory provides a specific model for how group competition can be a selection force for gene evolution. [Other theories about human the evolution of human intelligence ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_human_intelligence) [Another Paper about EDSC](http://web.missouri.edu/~gearyd/Flinnetal2005.pdf) by Flinn, Geary and Ward, comprehensively presented supporting evidences for this theory.