No, nature is not necessarily about survival of the fittest. This is a huge misconception. Nature is about equilibrium and balance. I'm not touting some spirit

No, nature is not necessarily about survival of the fittest. This is a huge misconception. Nature is about equilibrium and balance. I'm not touting some spiritual mumbo jumbo either. Their are many examples where the fittest consume unsustainably and destroy their own environment in a sort of ironic suicide. The ones that survive are the ones that live in harmony with nature, not necessarily the fittest. This is why we see so many balanced ecosystems in nature; because these types of systems are the only ones that don't overload and die out.