“Still, a lot of communication happens between individuals that don’t share the same fitness. In these potentially conflicting interactions, many signals might improve the fitness of senders, while doing nothing for the fitness of receivers, or even decreasing their fitness. For instance, **a vervet monkey might give out an alarm call not because there is a predator in sight but because it has spotted a tree laden with ripe fruit and wants to distract the other monkeys while it gorges on the treat**. We might refer to such signals as dishonest or unreliable signals, meaning that they are harmful to the receivers.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[incentives]], [[skepticism]], [[trust]], [[halo-effect]], [[game-theory]] **Source** -- [[260102102051 - B - Not Born Yesterday]]