David Sloan Wilson Professions : Professor Born : 1949 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by David Sloan Wilson Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary. David Sloan Wilson beats selfish groups One reason that a truth and reconciliation process is needed for group selection is to return to the simplicity of the original problem and Darwin’s solution. As Ed Wilson and I put it in our recent review article titled “Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiology“: Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary. David Sloan Wilson foundation selfish simplicity Similar Authors Bryan Stevenson professor Bruce Greenwald professor Bruce Ames professor Brian Wansink professor Brian Schmidt professor Brian Martin professor All Authors