[lit-ideas] Re: Do the fittest survive? Not necessarily

  • From: Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:38:14 -0500

I'v always wondered if there weren't a definitional tautology involved in
"survival of the fittest" -- what do we call those who survive?  fitter than
others...  Or define fittest?  Those who survive...

Julie Krueger




On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Eric <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Reminds me of that "I would die for one brother or eight second cousins"
> quip. Game theory and kinship.
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