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Lionel Mandrake

(4,196 posts) Thu Feb 12, 2026, 03:09 PM 6 hrs ago

Happy Darwin Day, everybody!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Day

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Happy Darwin Day, everybody! (Original Post) Lionel Mandrake 6 hrs ago OP

Happy Darwin day to you as well. It's a little sad in the age... NNadir 5 hrs ago #1

Unfortunately, he was wrong! Wonder Why 4 hrs ago #2

Darwin never said "survival of the fittest".... lastlib 3 hrs ago #3

It was a bit of humor about the concept for which most people think of Darwin when they hear it. Wonder Why 41 min ago #5

If you see Charlie tell him hello from me. Botany 3 hrs ago #4

NNadir

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1. Happy Darwin day to you as well. It's a little sad in the age...

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 03:47 PM

5 hrs ago

...of the celebration of ignorance.

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Wonder Why

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2. Unfortunately, he was wrong!

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:04 PM

4 hrs ago

It's the imbeciles that are surviving.

Either that, or there is a worse thought. The imbeciles are the fittest!

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lastlib

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3. Darwin never said "survival of the fittest"....

Reply to Wonder Why (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:05 PM

3 hrs ago

That was a later Spencerian concoction, and it was never accurate, just a (rather ridiculous) oversimplification. Many "unfit" species survive and reproduce; it's only over many generations that actual evolution occurs.

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Wonder Why

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5. It was a bit of humor about the concept for which most people think of Darwin when they hear it.

Reply to lastlib (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:54 PM

41 min ago

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Botany

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4. If you see Charlie tell him hello from me.

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:05 PM

3 hrs ago

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