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"Survival of the fittest" needs to stop being parroted, full stop. It is not an accurate way to describe evolution and reproduction. "Death of the unfit" (or f
by simonsarris 12y ago
"Survival of the fittest" needs to stop being parroted, full stop. It is not an accurate way to describe evolution and reproduction.
"Death of the unfit" (or failure of the unfit to reproduce as an identity for "unfit") is a much more accurate way to phrase it.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoThat's semantic quibbling. How about the degree of fitness, controlling how many children are produced? How about fitness for raising/protecting children? There's definitely a correlation, and 'survival of the fittest' is a reasonably concise expression of that correlation. Its definitely not black-and-white failure/success at reproduction.
- Lawtonfogle 12y agoAlso what about the unknown cost of the fitness in a future setting. For example, losing flight may be more fit in any given generation, resulting in a flightless species that then gets wiped out when a new predator is introduced.