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> That the “fit survive” isn’t the theory — just a fact about the world. In Darwin's time the idea that "the fit survive" was very much a theory. A competing
by leereeves 4y ago
> That the “fit survive” isn’t the theory — just a fact about the world.
In Darwin's time the idea that "the fit survive" was very much a theory.
A competing idea that we might call "the just survive" was the basis of trial by ordeal and trial by combat, of prayers for healing and rescue, and of holy wars. Many people still believe that God chooses who survives, and thus do not accept survival of the fittest.
- SnowHill9902 4y ago“Survival of the fittest” is a statistical observation of a population ensemble. You can be otherwise fit and eager to replicate and be hit by a truck. Or you can be sick and almost infertile but got someone pregnant. So Darwin doesn’t explain the human condition and why the just might fall due to sickness or the wicked become rich and prolific. That only Heaven knows.
- bluefirebrand 4y ago> So Darwin doesn’t explain the human condition and why the just might fall due to sickness or the wicked become rich and prolific You're changing the measure. Just-ness is not a measure of Fit-ness. Nor is Wicked-ness a measure of Unfit-ness.
- SnowHill9902 4y agoI’m saying that “survival of the fittest” and the existence of God can coexist.