Physics envy and vice versa

New Model of Evolution Finally Reveals How Cooperation Evolves.

No.

I havenโ€™t read the paper โ€” donโ€™t have time โ€” but this sounds like another โ€œphysicists solve biologyโ€ claim. Not saying the result is invalid, but this is a common theme with physicists who barge into other fields, โ€œsolveโ€ them and then depart, triumphant โ€” meanwhile, they havenโ€™t contributed much if anything useful or even remotely true.

I really doubt such a simple model will contribute much to the study of the evolution of cooperation, and if it does contribute anything actually useful itโ€™ll be very minor and obvious.