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Depending how you define success, absolutely. The worst thing about pseudo-Darwinism is the fact that so few people really understand that "success" just means
by TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
Depending how you define success, absolutely.
The worst thing about pseudo-Darwinism is the fact that so few people really understand that "success" just means reproductive success. It has absolutely no moral or ethical dimension, and is partly circular.
Averagely intelligent sociopaths who are charming and pathologically unfaithful can generate a large number of kids. So - in historical times - could travelling bandits who were also rapists. That's what Darwinian success looks like.
Meanwhile someone with a PhD who dies childless is a Darwinian failure.
The problem is the usual one - evolution is stupid and selects for shallow local minima.
So the "Darwinian success" continues - until the species as a whole fails.