APAD: Survival of the fittest.

Meaning: Species adapt and change by natural selection with the best suited

mutations becoming dominant.

 

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Here is a quote from Facebook:

 

    It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most

    intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin

 

Darwin didn't say "the fittest" first. According to my source, it was Herbert

Spencer who coined the phrase after reading "On the Origin of Species." In the

light of the above quote, "the fittest" would have meant "the one most

responsive to change." Darwin adopted the phrase later.

 

'fit' still means 'ready' but another meaning, 'physically sound,' seems more

popular nowadays. When fitness becomes an industry and it's all about hunky

muscles sculpted out to impress, Darwin's message is lost. Such is the way of

the Tao: 天下皆知美之为美，斯恶已.