[MD] Alternatives to the scientific method

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:

 
> Platt, survival of the fittest has nothing to do with "ruthless
> control". Fitness is about best quality of "fit" with environmental
> opportunities, ruthlessly defeating your opponents (directly or in
> control of resources) is only one aspect in only some cases. Fitness
> is about fitting, not the power of being fit.

>From Charles Darwin: "In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during
the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting
form of selection."

"Struggle" sounds like using "power" to me. "Struggle" also suggests action in
an attempt to ruthlessly control a situation to assure a positive outcome, by
whatever means available. Do you have evidence that evolution operates otherwise?

Thanks.
Platt
   

 

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