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| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on February 23, 2023, 07:28:37 am ---If we look at eusocial species, it is the equivalent of parasitism: exploiting others without providing anything in return. --- End quote --- I'm not sure pure parasitism - in the sense of not providing anything in return - does actually exist in nature, or at least it's relatively short-lived. There's often some mutual benefit, even if we can't comprehend it. Alternatively, there's probably a form of "mild parasitism" that provides zero benefit to the host, but is not "annoying" enough for the host to care. Something that we also probably find in human interactions. Depending on our own individual tolerance threshold. But even when things are really not obvious, I don't discard the probability of a mutual benefit in most cases. Our brain finding sometimes weird benefits to seemingly annoying situations. |
| Nominal Animal:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on February 23, 2023, 10:52:34 pm --- --- Quote from: Nominal Animal on February 23, 2023, 07:28:37 am ---If we look at eusocial species, it is the equivalent of parasitism: exploiting others without providing anything in return. --- End quote --- I'm not sure pure parasitism - in the sense of not providing anything in return - does actually exist in nature, or at least it's relatively short-lived. There's often some mutual benefit, even if we can't comprehend it. --- End quote --- Sure, I do agree with that. So, consider my statement a slight exaggeration, highlighting the difference between mutually beneficial interaction, and interaction where you have no intention to reciprocate. Or, using as simple terms as possible, to highlight the difference between mutualism and parasitism as interaction strategies. |
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