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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hi, appliance repair man here who just fixes appliances in people's home for a living. "Survival of the fittest" was a term coined by Herbert Spencer after reading Darwin's Origin of species. And even I know that biologists and people who study evolution don't like this term because it is vague and misleading. In this case the fittest refers to organisms that have the best reproductive success.

This term has been heavily misused to misrepresent evolution and the people who studied.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Right. Humanity is still evolving. But "fitness", in the long term, will likely just mean "doesn't like to wear a condom and is really convincing about it"

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

could mean rape, top sperm doner, or polygamist. it has nothing to do with democracy or capitalism for that matter.