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No more goody two shoes: Why true altruism can’t exist

11 December 2019

If only the fittest survive, why do good deeds for no return? The enduring mystery of altruism goes to the heart of how evolution does – and doesn't – work

Who do you think you are? Why your sense of self is an illusion

11 December 2019

Most of us are convinced that we're coherent individuals who are continuous in time. There's just one problem with this sense of self – it can’t exist

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No more goody two shoes: Why true altruism can’t exist

Who do you think you are? Why your sense of self is an illusion

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