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NNadir

(37,678 posts)
1. Happy Darwin day to you as well. It's a little sad in the age...
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 03:47 PM
Feb 12

...of the celebration of ignorance.

Wonder Why

(6,716 posts)
2. Unfortunately, he was wrong!
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:04 PM
Feb 12

It's the imbeciles that are surviving.

Either that, or there is a worse thought. The imbeciles are the fittest!

lastlib

(27,907 posts)
3. Darwin never said "survival of the fittest"....
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:05 PM
Feb 12

That was a later Spencerian concoction, and it was never accurate, just a (rather ridiculous) oversimplification. Many "unfit" species survive and reproduce; it's only over many generations that actual evolution occurs.

Wonder Why

(6,716 posts)
5. It was a bit of humor about the concept for which most people think of Darwin when they hear it.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:54 PM
Feb 12

lastlib

(27,907 posts)
6. Point taken---
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:40 PM
Feb 12

Is IS disturbing to think that the imbeciles are the fittest, let alone surviving! - - -

I think about the cartoon with the progression of primates from chimp to human, and the human is The Felon (tRump). The ape behind him is turned around facing the others, and says, "Go back---we f*cked up." Side-splitting!

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