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gab13by13

(21,283 posts)
3. Actually many scientists believe that Darwin got it wrong,
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 08:09 AM
Nov 2021

organisms survived through cooperation not competition.

Ligyron

(7,622 posts)
7. Sure, many things from jellyfish to wolves and chimpanzees.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:06 AM
Nov 2021

But wait! Don’t Cons just love competition?

Social and economic Darwinism is their friend … or so they think. That is until they start dropping like flies from that fake ass Covid hoax, or an Ivermectin OD once they accept that it’s actually a thing.

More than a few will unintentionally Darwinize themselves, their friends or loved ones with those weapons they imagined would one day make them heroes.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,988 posts)
11. No, you are wrong to say "Darwin got it wrong". He got it right, but
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:33 AM
Nov 2021

Scientists have found that cooperation is ALSO a factor. That does NOT invalidate Darwin, it adds to Darwin.

In fact, cooperation is simply another aspect of competition. Groups that are good at in-group cooperation survive better than groups that aren't, so their DNA propagates better than the other DNA. It is competition between groups and not just individuals.

paleotn

(17,902 posts)
13. It's not either / or. Very few things in the natural world are. Usually, it's complicated.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:41 AM
Nov 2021

All play a part to varying degrees in the ultimate test of species survival...replication. Darwin and Wallace were most certainly on the right track. Not perfect in all the details of their theory, but that rarely happens. Newtonian mechanics work great in certain contexts. Got humans to the moon and back multiple times, but breakdown in relativistic and quantum scales.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,489 posts)
5. Reads like the typical post out of a Russian or Chinese troll farm.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 08:29 AM
Nov 2021

Sow fear, spite, hatred, confusion and doubt 24/7 on every social and public media source until all of humanity (except them) is not even sure of their own name, where they are or what day or time it is.

Slow and steady, mates......

Maggiemayhem

(809 posts)
8. Maybe you need new friends
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:12 AM
Nov 2021

All of my close circle is vaccinated. Someone exposed my fully vaccinated extremely talented friend to Covid and she died. People do have unknown underlying conditions.i will say messaging has been mixed mask, no mask, mask.

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