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View submission: xkcd 1338: Land Mammals
"Survival of the fittest" is misused by humans to continue being assholes to the planet. If tomorrow we decided to be nice and look after the environment, the species that thrived would then be "the fittest".
Comment by onelovelegend at 06/03/2014 at 02:05 UTC
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Survival of the fittest isn't used to justify, it's used to explain.
Comment by Veggie at 06/03/2014 at 01:53 UTC
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That's the definition of fitness...
Comment by Jonthrei at 06/03/2014 at 02:46 UTC
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We only exist because cyanobacteria poisoned the atmosphere with oxygen and wiped out most life on Earth.
Our dominance and potential destruction are perfectly natural, and part of a long cycle.