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Tell me more about the dissonance you see. “Survival of the fittest” just means that in a challenging environment, those who can adapt will survive to go on and
by michaelhoney 2y ago
Tell me more about the dissonance you see. “Survival of the fittest” just means that in a challenging environment, those who can adapt will survive to go on and have children.
If you are saying that modern medicine keeps some people alive through to parenthood who would otherwise have perished: yes, that’s true. We have made our environment less challenging.
- anonymouskimmer 2y agoI'm not the GP, but a social Darwinist would presumably be in favor of medical extension of life (for those who can access it), while a moral evolutionist would presumably be against it. I think there is the possibility of a philosophical dissonance here in some of the Randian types.