This is not altogether different from the social utility of lying. Despite the overall better benefit profile for truth-telling, the benefit profile for lying insures that it will not simply evolve out of our behavior. Likewise with other behaviors for which defection yields positive outcomes in a substantial portion of instances, despite overall performing worse.
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