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Edward O. Wilson

“Within groups selfish individuals beat altruistic individuals, but groups of altruists beat groups of selfish individuals. Or, risking oversimplification, individual selection promoted sin, while group selection promoted virtue.”

Edward O. Wilson, The Meaning of Human Existence
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