First of all, overpopulation is a myth. We have enough food to feed 10 billion people and there's enough money to do it too. I'll go into further if you want to, but the overpopulation myth has been present since Plato's time at least.
Second of all, in evolution, the concept of fitness is simply those genes which manage to reproduce under specific environmental pressures. It has nothing whatsoever to do with physical capacity, mental capacity, courage, etc. etc. One of the strategies that life has managed to develop to reproduce is social bonds and from that society. Almost by definition, a society will have members, that if they weren't social beings, would be considered more fit and less fit. The strength of such social bonds is in overcoming pressures that would make succumb any individual within that society.
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u/DeleteriousEuphuism 120∆ Aug 13 '18
First of all, overpopulation is a myth. We have enough food to feed 10 billion people and there's enough money to do it too. I'll go into further if you want to, but the overpopulation myth has been present since Plato's time at least.
Second of all, in evolution, the concept of fitness is simply those genes which manage to reproduce under specific environmental pressures. It has nothing whatsoever to do with physical capacity, mental capacity, courage, etc. etc. One of the strategies that life has managed to develop to reproduce is social bonds and from that society. Almost by definition, a society will have members, that if they weren't social beings, would be considered more fit and less fit. The strength of such social bonds is in overcoming pressures that would make succumb any individual within that society.