Robert Paine’s scientific contributions

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What is Gossip About? An Alternative Hypothesis
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June 1967

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Robert Paine

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... In fact, further analyses show that if gossip has only its reputation dissemination function, if we make gossiping even a little costly, few gossipers can survive (SI Appendix, Fig. S9 and section 2.2.2). Therefore, the fact that gossip disseminates reputation information and facilitates cooperation is not sufficient to explain the evolution of gossipers (34). If so, what is missed in the causal chain? ...

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Explaining the evolution of gossip
What is Gossip About? An Alternative Hypothesis
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  • June 1967

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