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To: Cicero
"Also the term "natural selection" is now preferred to the commonly used term in earlier times, "survival of the fittest," because "survival of the fittest" points toward the Nazis and the eugenists."

No. Survival of the fittest has always meant survival of the reproductively fittest, in some cases this means faster predators eat slower prey before the slower prey makes any significant contribution to the population. In some cases it means the male has sexier feathers. Because some, including anti-evolutionists, insist on misunderstanding the phrase it is hardly the fault of the scientists engaged in evolutionary research. The fact that evolution brings up some perhaps unpalatable concepts does not make the ToE wrong.

108 posted on 02/18/2006 5:41:21 PM PST by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)
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To: b_sharp

All right!! B_S is back.....


109 posted on 02/18/2006 5:42:46 PM PST by furball4paws (Awful Offal)
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To: b_sharp

Just curious...how old are you?


111 posted on 02/18/2006 5:47:29 PM PST by csense
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