Re: CHAT: Religion, Philosophy & Politics
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 4, 2000, 20:30 |
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bjm10@CORNELL.EDU wrote:
> That means "survival of those who survive"--that is all that "fit" means.
Actually, no. "Fitness" in this sense means "well-designed, by engineering
criteria". Darwin did not discover a tautology!
See http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolphil/tautology.html for a detailed
explanation.
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