Pure Darwin -

Consider the peacock. A massive, vibrant tail is a liability. It slows escape from tigers and requires enormous energy to grow. By a logical standard, it is "unfit." Yet, peahens are obsessed with it. The male with the loudest, most cumbersome tail gets the most mates. Therefore, the "tail gene" is supremely fit, regardless of the tiger.

And yet, there is a strange liberation in this honesty. pure darwin

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thinkers like Herbert Spencer (who coined "survival of the fittest") applied biological selection to human society. The logic was chilling: if nature weeds out the weak, shouldn't we? Consider the peacock

We are the first species in that long, bloody lineage that has looked back at the river and said, "I understand you. I will not worship you. And I will build a bridge." By a logical standard, it is "unfit