Do we expect natural selection to produce rational behaviour?
(2007)
Journal Article
Houston, A. I., McNamara, J. M., & Steer, M. D. (2007). Do we expect natural selection to produce rational behaviour?. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 362(1485), 1531-1543. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2051
We expect that natural selection should result in behavioural rules which perform well; however, animals (including humans) sometimes make bad decisions. Researchers account for these with a variety of explanations; we concentrate on two of them. One... Read More about Do we expect natural selection to produce rational behaviour?.