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Do folk tales (and stories in general) provide insight into the evolution…

- - - - Group selection
        
        Hamiltonian, not groupish or selfish
      - Kin selection
        
        Selfish (or less Hamiltonian than hero)
  - - - Uniformly selfish
      - Kin selection: may also be groupish
        
        Group selection: may also be Hamiltonian
  - - - Group selection
        
        Groupish altruism, not nepotistic/Hamiltonian nor selfish
      - Kin selection
        
        Hamiltonian altruism, not groupish or selfish
      - Uniformly altruistic
- - - - Plot components
        
        Likelihood
        
        Need masses of data (N=1 per story)
        
        Intensity
        
        Need variation in intensity (size of gift, etc)
        
        Frequency within story
    - - Likert scale
        
        Need multiple observers
  - - - Harm
        
        Kill
        
        Wound
        
        Cuckold
        
        Fight
        
        Betray
      - Help
        
        Rescue
        
        Save from death
        
        Gift
        
        Betroth(?)
- - - - talesunlimited.com
      - Kozmin website?
- - - - Selection for "groupishness"
      - Predictions
        
        Reward groupishness
        
        Punish selfishness
        
        Neutral/negative towards Hamiltonian behaviour
      - Supporting anecdotal data
        
        Bible stories: Jesus selfless
        
        Buddha
    - - Selection for Hamiltonian behaviour
      - Predictions
        
        Reward Hamiltonian behaviour
        
        Neutral/negative towards groupishness
        
        Punish selfishness
      - Supporting anecdotal data
        
        Stories demonising hard-left villains e.g. communist dystopia
        
        Hunger Games
        
        Brave New World
        
        1984
        
        Any less modern examples?
- - - - 2016 Little Red Riding Hood
      - 2016 Strong phylo signal in folk tales
  - - - 1963 Sociopsychological analysis
        
        ..In supporting the values of one group, the tale may oppose the values of another, even within a community..
        
        ... (4) tales have the function of supporting social values, but these values may be those of a social group of any size from a fairly small segment of a community on up.
    - - 1954 Folk-tale aggression
        
        Abstract: The analysis of the folk-tale data supports the essential features of the theory which was developed to supply insight into the consequences and outcomes of action and behavior in folk tales. The approach-avoidance theory of Miller, restated in terms of Whiting's modification of it for the influence of conflict-produced drives, provides a coherent basis for the explanation of the phenomena of projection and displacement in folk tales
  - - - Male characters prize attractiveness, female characters prize wealth/status; both prize kindness
      - 90% protagonists are altruistic towards relatives; Antagonists are more selfish
  - - - ATU sample: altruistic tales surprisingly rare but popular. Altruistic tales typically involve supernatural beings not humans, rarely involving relatives, often end badly for the altruist. Conflict with Gottschall? Cross cultural comparison suggests altruistic tales preferred by Eastern European/Baltic than Germanic/Southern European cultures - role of the 'protestant work ethic' i.e. solve your own problems?