What's the evolutionary idea of natural selection and survival of the fittest?

"Natural selection and survival of the fittest!" This thought, which was translated and introduced to Chinese people by Mr. Yan Fu during the Westernization Movement in late Qing Dynasty, is well known to women and children in China and is regarded by many as the essence of Darwin's evolution theory.

"Actually, this is a fallacy!" Miao Desui, a well-known biologist in the United States, corrected in a lecture in Nanjing yesterday that Darwin had never said such a thing except in the preface to the fifth edition of the Origin of Species.

even he doubts whether "survival of the fittest" is reliable. In the retranslation of the Origin of Species by Professor Miao, who graduated from Nantah in his early years, there are still many similar "faults" and clarifications.

The so-called "natural selection, survival of the fittest" actually comes from The Theory of Natural Evolution written by the translator and educator Mr. Yan Fu in 1895.

He introduced part of Darwin's theory of evolution from Huxley's book Evolution and Ethics, and added many of his own opinions and ideas. But this does not mean that Darwin put forward "survival of the fittest".

Professor Miao joked, "Darwin is almost a dish, and anyone can sprinkle seasoning on him". Not only do people in China mispronounce, but even some "famous sayings" that Darwin never said will appear on the marble floor and homepage of the Academy of Sciences in Britain and the United States.

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"Natural selection, survival of the fittest." In fact, people are the same.

In order to survive, people who grow up in adversity will try their best to improve their ability to adapt to the environment and exercise their will to strive for self-improvement. Once the time is ripe, it will surely make great achievements and become a talented person competing for it.

Those who grow up in a comfortable and comfortable living environment lack the sense of competition and the ability to cope with difficulties. Compared with the former, the speed of adapting to the environment and the ability to grasp the current situation are even better. They hit a wall everywhere in the increasingly fierce social tide, and they are struggling. If they are not careful, they will become obsolete products of society.