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The Evolution of Altruistic Rationality Provides a Solution to Social Dilemmas via Rational Reciprocity
Mohammad Salahshour, Iain D. Couzin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00858

The Evolution of Altruistic Rationality Provides a Solution to Social Dilemmas via Rational Reciprocity
Decades of scientific inquiry have sought to understand how evolution fosters cooperation, a concept seemingly at odds with the belief that evolution should produce rational, self-interested individuals. Most previous work has focused on the evolution of cooperation among boundedly rational individuals whose decisions are governed by behavioral rules that do not need to be rational. Here, using an evolutionary model, we study how altruism can evolve in a community of rational agents and promote…