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Right... I'm not disputing that. But it does not relate to my point.
by programmarchy 9y ago
Right... I'm not disputing that. But it does not relate to my point.
- tptacek 9y agoI think it refutes your point. You claimed that the ability to accumulate wealth is rewarded because those people have the best chance of improving the fitness of the species. But those people are the least likely to do anything to perpetuate the species.
- programmarchy 9y agoI see now. I suppose fitness is an overloaded term, but in terms of survival of a species, I think it'd be difficult to argue that an r-selected reproduction strategy is better than a K-selected reproduction strategy in terms of improving fitness. That'd be like saying antelope are more adapted to their environment than lions. In human terms, I'd argue that K-selected children are much more likely to make the types of breakthroughs that will advance the human species e.g. curing disease, scientific discovery, space travel, etc.