One goes from competition being the law of the land back to camaraderie being the law of the land with your above logic. Now let’s go further from camaraderie… back into competition.

I often aid people because I know that doing so helps me study. It ends up, after a little thought, that I come to the conclusion that everything I do I do for myself. Why help someone on the internet? It’s an ego boost. Philanthropic genius? Perhaps. Perhaps someone who understands enough in his field to help those who are beginning in the field, giving him a) a boost in understanding and b) a self pat on the back as an ego booster. Also, it creates a web of allies, which is invaluable to primal man.

Does this notion of life being a connection of supposedly philanthropic acts all with the intent to benefit oneself in some way cheapen the experience of social life? Maybe for some people it does, but for me I find it makes social life shine all the brighter.

The next possible, logical truth one derives from the above, that Darwinism applies even more deeply than we thought, is going back to competition instead of camaraderie.

I imagine you could apply further logic to advance from competition to camaraderie to competition and further again to camaraderie, describing ways in which the function of human self-interest contributes back to the group, resulting in unintentional camaraderie.
This creates a circle.

Thus, I would argue, from the circle, that the beginning of the circle is the answer. The beginning of the circle is your entrance into civilization and society. The end of your circle is death.
You begin in society as a selfish, primal, beastly thing. Some call this thing a toddler.
If you’re lucky, you end your natural life a wizened, tired, well-lived senior.
The toddler relies on self-interest functions, and the senior has an understanding of its reliance on others. The truth is, both survive largely because of a strong society, a camaraderie.

This camaraderie supports the seniors and newborn largely out of self-interest, as a means of perpetuating its existence (its young being this vessel) and its culture and beliefs (the old being an integral part of this). look at that… ANOTHER CIRCLE!

I don’t have a conclusion for this. It’s food for thought 🙂