Jason Huff wrote in a message to Alex Vasauskas:
AV> If I recall correctly, Darwin's description of natural selection
AV> involved survival of the "fit".  The fittest may have the most
AV> influence, but as long as one is fit enough to procreate, one's line
AV> will also survive.
 JH> survival of the fittest is those best able to survive...smarter,
 JH> stronger,  faster, better camoflauged, whatever it takes.  
 JH> at the most base biological level the whole point to life is to
 JH> pass on your  genes
My point is that one only has to be "fit" and not necessarily the
"fittest" to survive.  "Fit" means that you are smart enough, fast,
enough, strong enough, camoflaged enough, and whatever else to
procreate and have your children do the same.  There is only one
"fittest" organism, while there are many fit ones.  You need to go
no farther than to look at the humans around you to see this in
operation.
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