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Survival of the fittest is the flawed quote, usually used by those with supremacist conceptual frameworks (that there can be an objective “better”, etc). This s
by RangerScience 2y ago
Survival of the fittest is the flawed quote, usually used by those with supremacist conceptual frameworks (that there can be an objective “better”, etc). This shows up a lot in fiction, where the quote is used as justification for cruelty, atrocities, and the like.
IMHO, the much better quote is:
> It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.
See https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/people/about-darwin/six-things-darwin-never-said/evolution-misquotation https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/people/about-darwin/six-thin...
- HPsquared 2y agoI'm very tickled by the lack of attention to detail here. The article does present that quote, yes, but it's preceded by the sentence: "None of the fake soundbites is more insidious than the first:" i.e. it's a fake quote
- ch4s3 2y ago> It is the one that is most adaptable to change That is what fit means.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoIt is not only the best adapted class that survives, aka the "fittest." They only need to be good enough to survive and reproduce. In other words, the principle should be stated as "survival of the good enough." I know it doesn't roll off the tongue as well, but is more accurate. Perhaps, survival of the fit. (period)