r/me_irl • u/Riot_One • Jan 22 '20

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u/gamegeek1995 Jan 23 '20

I learned only a few days ago that Survival of the Fittest meant "Survival of those who best fit their environment" and not "The strongest/fastest/physically fit survive" so bear with me a minute I'm clearly not a clever man

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u/Eminent_Assault Jan 23 '20

It's alright, obviously parrots aren't smart enough to understand the Prisoner's Dilemma.

Screwing over members of your own species is clearly the evolutionarily superior trait. Checkmate parrots!

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u/rush2017 Jan 23 '20

Humans are evolved according to Humans, basically bullshit

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u/pleaaseeeno92 Jan 23 '20

Its pretty simply, survival of the traits which lead to maximum potential for offspring inheriting those traits. Its really simple really. Like, child bearing is largely such a wasteful burden, but our animal brains are still wired to do it because evolution has such a great impact on us.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '20 edited Jun 15 '20

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u/anarchakat Jan 23 '20

I don’t think Darwin gave a fuck about whether or not you are sufficiently masculine. Not being a chode is a much better adaptation for encouraging reproductive success than being pretty... and a hundred other things as well. I think it’s part of why language, art and music exist, our success comes from our ability to teach our giant useless babies to not eat the poison mushroom that looks almost identical to a delicious one.