• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    “fittest” in “survival of the fittest” doesn’t mean strongest or most dominant.
    It means “best adapted”.
    It can be rephrased as “the species most likely to survive are those best adapted to their environment”

    So it wasn’t really debunked, per se, the strange perversion of “alpha” survival was debunked. Mutual aid is absolutely an excellent environmental adaptation that leads to survival.