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Deroajessy matånem ared sofyr kesalays
Altruistic punishment and language speciation
As humans we are willing to sacrifice our own assets (time and resources) to punish those who have transgressed what are often arbitrary rules, even when those transgressors have not actually damaged our own personal assets.
Red taki nayn yroc ûfode eyd pit eteren yskeiss tena kesalays ny seredne skopa deroajessy matånem. Jode arel kidd datete eyd umer iskenysh, umer fideysh ared umer otend mihe mawone ruweren anet ty sjare kidd dekeiays sayn menger cooperarode skopa sayn liteysh eyd menger cooperarode ruweren eanenkiss. Alinnes matånem fety anet citeiss kidd kenså sete mihe icyneays; idse ry syrov pøenem fef enaneays uro ebing, dypå mihe elal nayn eyd enaneays skopa ry syrov ipeardne icyneays:
Effectively, we are willing to punish not only people whose actions directly disadvantage us as individuals, we are willing to altruistically punish people who offend our model of this entity we call society.
Enan gire nayn iskenysh alinnes ichar kenså tineiiss sayn anet iskenysh en menger cooperarode: menger kifysh lomen skopa liastaiss eno holleve nasheysh eshint, ared nen eno erúaays. Enan gire nayn umer fideysh, menger cooperarode ichar kenså liastaiss eno dregeg; ared eshint ered ynnem sayn insorierysh otend mihe mawone kidd itore ener anâni anet ichar kenså liastaiss eno otend mihe agenays – ared nen, inidopyff, eno dedrylydi kidd weno "offspringysh" kidd penat.
Elopys nayn rete irel pring umer ederays ikerre menger cooperatorrod, ared ener vecyn nen pring barays nisse denysh; feo ener epe anet pringred isuåred galle nayn denysh fryna ak fety iskenysh, slurit ener epe anet pring stelak sofyr dete.
Ry rene skopared oaneho, tid, idse ty sivu enaydi ti deroajessy matånem denining vecyn pata enenyra kesalays ny seredne ekoruysh kidd oreniak nayn dete. Edi esal ûfode sigiiss ry syrov diwu enaydi ti deroajessy matånem tor der "speciate"? Ekep taethen úmeiû kidd kenså efek eyd ûfode eterenred iramed sikt raddyry nayn tefsen, aredred jyr ny gedsen kidd chaddyrij menger cooperarode; ared alinnes nilunyr arene merë itoåssy taki tete riawur kidd kenså tetin tetin skareninneden esal der ruweren kidd ånal odeng tered "species".
Der j'tisk fanânig kidd eterenred remun nayn yteyra eteddysh, ared chaddyrij oti ered ruweren sys nayn tena holleve frate ak tena idse holleve eliafaedae; ared ekep úmeiû kidd kenså alinnes erenal enaj nayn deroajessy matånem eyd leke elâit nayn wasal relar eroaro co-etader mihe. Ekep skopa derij wetyr wofoar deroajessy matånem date eteren atinsa atinsa kidd ry syrov pøenem nayn jogen enaneays, idse denining erenal oskarorhy it'te esû ero wina erebesen ke pypå nayn menger tuø neteydi.
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