Quantum Windbag
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It isn't about what I think somebody else means when they say 'fittest' it is about what they think the term means. Too often the fittest has been used to describe the strongest, the toughest, the smartest, the fill in the blank.
I have an idea you are lost here, so I'll throw you a lifeline...
The fittest in any given scenario and with any definition might just not be the most able to adapt.
Funny thing, evolution doesn't select for the strongest, the smartest, or even the most able to adapt. It selects for the average.
Actually, it selects for the most successful- the most fit.
No it does not.
Survival Of The Weakest? Cyclical Competition Of Three Species Favors Weakest As Victor
Funny thing about real science, it destroys all the assumptions eventually. If you actually read anything that had to do with real science you would know that.