You did not see all the trees that died between them that didn’t get the sunlight, because well, they’re already dead and don’t exist anymore for them to be noticed by you. The canopies are perfectly interlocked exactly because of the competition, not a sign of no competition.
We are definitely one of the least competitive species by way of being able to see competitiveness as something undesirable and choosing something else. No other species has the power to choose like that, all other species simply compete as much as possible in their own little biome.
By the way, “altruism” is also competition - don’t altruists get recognized for their nobility and then get personal benefits (like sexual partners) from that recognition?
That’s because you only hear about the fake altruist the one doing it for benefits, real altruists do stuff without telling anyone, only to satisfy their own moral compass.
Like the loch Ness monster, no one knows if they exist.
You did not see all the trees that died between them that didn’t get the sunlight, because well, they’re already dead and don’t exist anymore for them to be noticed by you. The canopies are perfectly interlocked exactly because of the competition, not a sign of no competition.
We are definitely one of the least competitive species by way of being able to see competitiveness as something undesirable and choosing something else. No other species has the power to choose like that, all other species simply compete as much as possible in their own little biome.
By the way, “altruism” is also competition - don’t altruists get recognized for their nobility and then get personal benefits (like sexual partners) from that recognition?
That’s because you only hear about the fake altruist the one doing it for benefits, real altruists do stuff without telling anyone, only to satisfy their own moral compass.
Like the loch Ness monster, no one knows if they exist.