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Old 12-December-2007, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Kaptain K View Post
"Survival of the fittest" is a sliding cut off criterion. It would be more accurate to call it "survival of the fit enough" or "non-survival of the least fit". During good times many survive who would not in rougher times.
On the flip side, our modern societies could not subsist without the skills of many of those "non-fit" survivers. They're only expendable if you're willing to go back to the Stone Age.
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