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If Survival of the fittest is true, why are there more fat people then ever?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Fittest does not mean physically, it means:

    "Those whom are most suited to the condition"

    Ergo, fatness has little bearing on evolution, especially since it is general not genetically transmitted, as anyone can become, or cease to be fat.

  • 1 decade ago

    Survival of the fittest applies in nature. Through out technological advancements however we are able to do things that defy nature. Like extend peoples lives, and make people's lives easier than ever.

    Survival of the fittest depends on those who have negative contributions to the gene pool dieing off before they can have kids, that's why it's called SURVIVAL of the fittest. But these days we're obsessed with no one dying EVER.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Survival of the fittest does not apply very much to humanity. We've become too complicated.

    Also, it has been suggested that some people in the population are supposed to be fat - there are the fighters and there are the survivors.

    Another thing is there are so many fatty foods nowadays, and technology is making us so much lazier, that society has become used to people being a bit larger. The recent trend towards slightly chubbier models is a sign of this, although I agree some models are unhealthily thin.

  • Slick
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Humans are far above any animal that is subject to survival of the fittest.

    we survive partly because unlike most animals, people care for and help other people. We have a far more complex brain, using elaborate inventions to extend life despite environmental adversity. Instead of hibernating, we turn up the thermostat and sip hot apple cider with friends. Animals don't surprise us when they roll over onto and suffocate a deformed newborn. We realize a male bird with the superior feathers and dance lures the female, reproducing the best and fittest of their kind. Such behaviors are about the sum of keeping a species as pure as possible, seeing mutations usually cause early death in the wild. As a retired wildlife habitat specialist I believe in survival of the fittest in the animal kingdom, but not with humans. We remain fairly healthy in spite of the many things working against us. Evolution? No, I reject that on a sea of evidence it doesn't happen on a permanent basis, through temporary "micro" evolutionary changes help some animals make gradual changes in habitat when forced to cope with climate changes, but once back in their native habitation they quickly revert to their former species state.

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  • 1 decade ago

    That is because you translate the theme in the wrong way. Survival of the fittest means that the snakes ruling the planets are eating our species and other snakes. Only the strongs survive. For example, every day people die killed by snake people such as the Arabs or the Asians. These that die are not the fittest. They are not talking about fat people. Instead they, the Arab snakes, eat fat people. They sacrifice them to the Arab worms, the maggots. Every time someone dies, since they are the temples of their gods, the snakes, or the bloodless, the maggots that come out of them, which are the offsprings of the snakes and other bacteria that were ruling that person, they are the ones that were not fit. So their parents die and those that destroy their house, their temples, are the fittest.

    This is an article I wrote about viruses, so you can know what viruses are doing to our species.

    All animals carry viruses, but the bloodless animals such as flies, might, centipedes, roaches, and others crawling and flying insects raised by decaying matters are viruses. They are total viruses and when they come in contact with blood species infect them. Mite viruses cause depression, flu, and other types of diseases. Tick are viruses that decay the body.

    Because we are infected by viruses, we are isolated by other places in the galaxy. Black hole is viral. All the planets touched by earth is viral. All flying insects are viral. The smallest virus and the greatest virus is the mites that live in dust. Since the planet is made of dust, so dust mites are everywhere. Dust mites are at work and since they go on our clothes, we carry them home.

    They are nasty vermins that even cause snakes to become handicap. The bloodless animals eat the blood animals and feed from them. We are jailed by the snakes and the other animals that are without blood conquered the snakes. That is why the snake people have made the logo showing the wing animals are protecting them. But the wing animals don't protect them. The wing animals farm them. When they become worms, that is they die, then the wing animals feed on them.

    Why do the snake people kill turkeys and chickens on Thanksgiving? Turkeys and chickens eat worms and miniature snakes and sometimes large snakes. So when these people kept dying after they came to america, the turkeys were attracted to the worms that came out of their bodies. So, the viruses that they have in them started killing the turkeys and the chickens. Since they have succeeded through bloodshed of the turkey to overcome their death, so they celebrate that by killing turkeys every year. But what are killing the turkeys are the snakes living inside their intestines.

    Note that the Turkeys are not guilty of anything, but the snakes that live in the people are guilty. All religious people have parasites living inside them and that is why they call themselves "Temples". Since the people that are ruling the planets are temples of snakes, so their gods the snakes put miniature snakes inside them. Because snakes rule snakes, not people. So the people become vehicles of snakes and the snakes took control of their bodies and mind. So they made a contract with the snakes, but the snakes instead have taken control of them and by there have not honored the contract and keep deceiving them instead. Through them the snakes rule their lair.

    So every animal that has blood and soft skins are infected by viruses and the viruses are the bloodless animals. The clouds are viral. The clouds are depository for snake eggs, miniature snake eggs. The black hole is a viral hole. We have seen the virus use the black clouds when it is going to rain and the black clouds have the same properties as the black hole.

    What are people to do to end up the cycle? Either build anti-viruses and anti-bacterial bombs or stop having children and let our species die.

    Source(s): life
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If you notice, fatter people are dying earlier than expected. Sort of proves the point of survival of the fittest in a way.

  • 1 decade ago

    Survival of the fittest doesn't apply to the human species. We are a society that has evolved ethically and morally, not just physically.

  • Helpme
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Hello Homer Jay (I bet your last name is, 'Simpson') :

    You have to start with the parents. They are not educating their children about diet & exercise. The parents are probably not concerned about these 2 things for their own health !

    Fast Food joints :- are blossoming up all over North America and other continents. Their food is loaded with carbohydrates, salt and fat. Salt can kill you. (my doctor's words) Obeisity can also overwork your heart and cause heart disease. Stay away from fast food restaurants !

    Over-weight people are more common now due to a lack of discipline in eating habits.

    Alcoholic beverages, especially beer, will add to your body weight.

    It's an honest shame that your question holds so much truth. I hope lots of people read your question and act on it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    survival of the fittest has stopped since we began helping disabled/fat/diseased people to live and breed. im not saying this is a bad thing, it just counters natures natural way of improving a species.

  • 1 decade ago

    Most civilized countries violated that law of nature years ago .. We have people walking around alive and active today that would have been really dead fifty years ago and we have technology to thank for that .. Half the people that have ever lived on earth are alive today and that is part of the worlds problems ..

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