01 - Think Darwin!
The northernmost city in Australia is Darwin. Darwin is in the Northern Territory and is the only large city in the world named after one of the cleverest humans who ever lived, Charles Darwin, author of The Origin of Species and most famous for his brilliant idea on how evolution works.
Darwin’s Theory has explained more about life in the universe than any other idea ever produced by any other thinker from St Paul to Steven Hawking.
In my personal opinion, he is easily the #1 Thinker of the Second Millennium.
So, why may Darwin’s idea be regarded as the most powerful theory in all of science?
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes. The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power. So, a theory that explains 10 things but needs to assume 5 things is not as powerful as a theory that explains 8 things but needs to assume only 3 things.
Darwin’s Theory, as we know it today, explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist. Why? Because what follows from the existence of high fidelity replicators like genes is the process of mutation, competition, selection and … evolution.
Before Darwin the only explanation for the origin of the diverse array of different species on earth was the JCI Monotheistic Theory of GOD.
In the Judeo-Christian-Islamic (JCI) religious theory, each species was seen as a separate direct line of member creatures originating from the first of its kind which was created personally by GOD. If you see an elephant, it was thought to have descended from a long line of ancestor elephants going all the way back to the first ‘Adam elephant’ which GOD made. The same applied to any dragonfly you could see, or dolphin, or insect, or rattlesnake. Each member of a species was thought to have descended from it’s own Adam prototype which was created by GOD in a momentous and strenuous burst of designer energy.
Darwin provided an alternative explanation for the origin of all species. His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness. His theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
01 Feedback Question: After you post your comment below for FQ01 you can click here to proceed to FQ02 entitled “Dawkins on Memes“:
FQ01 (Feedback Question):
Cut and paste below the sentence from this page that you find most interesting and say why.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
‘the survival of fitness’ …. to me is most inetresting and relevant statement in the lesson. We know it since our child hood but never ‘understood’ the real theory. Hope ‘Thionk Darwin’ will help us survuive in the market place
January 3rd, 2009 at 7:06 am
“The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power.”
This question really makes me ask if we are assuming as little as possible or are we fabricating a storyline and giving it power?
Although we are symbiotic creatures in a biosphere,we set aside self preservation for the exhaustion of limited resources.I wonder if we as a species can see outside our instinctual behaviour and channel our drives into healthy sustainable patterns of evolution.
December 28th, 2008 at 6:04 am
The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time.
This sentence challenges me to ask more questions.It suggests a biological impulse for business.I’m consistently amazed by the adapabliity of organisms in general and the human organism specifically.
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
“The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive”
This is exactly what is happening in the marketplace, if you can’t serve your customers, they will switch to other products or services.
It’s the Customers’ choice if a Product/Company survive or not in the future. So, only the better Service/Company will survive because she has a substantive Customers base “loyal Customers”. Otherwise, the Company (including Governments) would go the way of the dinosaur.
December 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
this idea works on so many levels
December 4th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Because what follows from the existence of high fidelity replicators like genes is the process of mutation, competition, selection and … evolution
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:13 am
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes. I find this most interesting as I’m struggling with this idea - surely this assumes all assumptions are equal.
But on the Darwin side, I like - “Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive”. That’s an interesting view on success in the marketplace. Perhaps success is the length of time you can protect your IP, and then move on?
November 19th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Darwin’s Theory, as we know it today, explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist. Why? Because what follows from the existence of high fidelity replicators like genes is the process of mutation, competition, selection and … evolution.
The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive
I strongly feel that both these paragraphs are related and to just add a little thought here, that is the precise reason why many cultures are dying and many buisness houses are closing down-
October 30th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
The fact that an idea that is the fittest survives and carries on to the next level is great to me.
October 26th, 2008 at 2:50 am
‘The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power.’
This is a powerful statement which needs to be carefully studied and internalized. There is nothing to which it cannot be applied. It is a recipe for planning progress and action.
October 17th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes. This statement is quite apt, a very good metrics to operationalise the utilitarian value of a theory.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
“The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time.”
It is a very good application of Darwin’s theory. But once you read it, it seems obvious (as if it was Darwin’s idea).
October 9th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
A theory that explains 10 things but needs to assume 5 things are not as powerful as a theory that explains 8 things but needs to assume only 3 things.
We have always accepted theories without questioning facts from assumptions. I will now weight up theories to establish if I will run with it or not
October 4th, 2008 at 1:47 am
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.
Never come across this before.
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:14 am
Darwin provided an alternative explanation for the origin of all species. His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness. His theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation
September 30th, 2008 at 8:04 am
His theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
I find this most interesting…. thinking about a business and the variations and changes it must go through to be passed on to the next generation…. I can think of businesses that were going strong when I was a child that are no longer around…..
September 29th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
If you see an elephant, it was thought to have descended from a long line of ancestor elephants going all the way back to the first ‘Adam elephant’ which GOD made. The same applied to any dragonfly you could see, or dolphin, or insect, or rattlesnake. Each member of a species was thought to have descended from it’s own Adam prototype which was created by GOD in a momentous and strenuous burst of designer energy.
Does this mean anything that is alive has an “Adam” created by GOD as we humans?
September 29th, 2008 at 7:27 am
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes. The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power. So, a theory that explains 10 things but needs to assume 5 things is not as powerful as a theory that explains 8 things but needs to assume only 3 things.
this is very intresting!
September 28th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
Of the different business prototypes available. The most popular are those which copy a proven systemie: Franchise
September 28th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Darwin provided an alternative explanation for the origin of all species. His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness. His theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
I find the above most inyeresting because it really makes sense
September 26th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
September 21st, 2008 at 9:28 pm
1. power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.
2. Darwin’s Theory, as we know it today, explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist.
3. Judeo-Christian-Islamic (JCI) religious theory, each species was seen as a separate direct line of member creatures originating from the first of its kind which was created personally by GOD.
These are interesting !
1. alternative explanation for the origin of all species. His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness.
2. what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
These are the reasons 4 interesting observations!
September 21st, 2008 at 8:59 pm
i am really curious
September 16th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
You really got my interest with your line from the previous page !!
In my experience, business education is faithfully based on a false premise–that the problem of business is growth. When, in fact, the problem of business is survival.
From this Page
Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
I read others thoughts and appreciate them. I am left wondering , how I can apply these learnings parctically to my life, business finance etc. I will learn and adapt during the 10 lessons
Eddie
September 10th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
A product or service that is strong( meets customer demands) but adaptive to changing times will survive.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
‘His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness’
Survival of fitness, I think, is closely related to Adversity Quotient.
Adversity quotient is considered to be the most important requirement for the survival and success of any endeavor. That is , high AQ is far more important than IQ, PQ, EQ and SQ.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:27 am
“Darwin’s Theory, as we know it today, explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist.” I think this is the most fascinating comment - assuming genes exist, and now, so many years later, we know they do.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
“In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.”
I find the above sentence interesting, because it is beatifully simple, whilst at the same time immensley powerful. I had never considered this before, but now you have said it, it is obviously correct.
September 8th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
September 8th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Darwin provided an alternative explanation for the origin of all species
i think above stated is most interesting coz he was the only person to this so
September 8th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
So, why may Darwin’s idea be regarded as the most powerful theory in all of science?
It sits so nicely with Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web. The most powerful communication tool.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:42 am
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes. The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:03 am
“The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.”
Interesting that those who write their websites to work only on Internet Explorer are not adapting as well as they could. Submissions using Firefox, don’t seem to work. They generate a WordPress error saying that javascript should be enabled, when it actually IS enabled. Wonder how the schoolofthinking website will cope with Google Chrome?
September 8th, 2008 at 7:56 am
one of the cleverest humans who ever lived. Bring new perspective on what is deemed ‘clever’
September 8th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Darwin provided an alternative explanation for the origin of all species.
This gave mankind a different line of thought.
September 8th, 2008 at 12:26 am
“random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive”
The point about mutation is that random variations give the species the potential to be able to survive in the environment which itself evolves, and changes.
Where the random change is a good fit with the changed environment in which it finds itself the variation incorporating the change is better able to survive and replicate than others without the variation.
September 7th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
“In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.” This is a very powerful explanation.
September 7th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Cut and paste below the sentence from this page that you find most interesting and say why.
Because asking why is one the most important question you can ask.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
#1 Thinker of the Second Millennium.because he challenged the God Theory
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness.
Survival of the fittest by adaptation covers topics right across the board - animals, agriculture, business…
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:28 am
His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness. His theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
I found the above theory of evolution very interesting, because i don`t believe Darwin did us any good … if something , or animals and human became what we are today due to evolution some millions of years ago, how come we are still what we are, or has evolution stopped with the current human form? same to the animals and plants? I wonder. or we will evolute to another form, later since the theory of evolution is a continuous process or not?
August 29th, 2008 at 12:06 am
random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest applies to most situations from development and maintenance of a species to survival of ideas and systems and procedures.
August 28th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
P.S. “GOD” is not an explanation.
August 28th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Before Darwin the only explanation for the origin of the diverse array of different species on earth was the JCI Monotheistic Theory of GOD.
Before I learned of Darwin I had questions about how I was able to find things in JCI teachings that were contradictions to me. Now I have grown to believe that what we know as “GOD” is the creation of the human mind. If there is one alternate explanation for the diversity of life on this planet there probably is a BVS that could bring us closer to what is the meaning of our human lives, why we are born, live and then die. I hope that there is a continued existence for our lives, but don’t ask me what it is because I don’t know and I don’t believe that anyone will ever be able to explain it.
August 26th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness.
I think today this ‘fitness’ applies more to mental fitness rather than physical fitness.
August 25th, 2008 at 1:56 am
I knew for quite some time that Darwin’s natural selection idea is the first to get it absolutely right. I also wondered how a theory with such huge implcations could be more widely adapted. You juts opened a new world for me adapting it to buisiness theory. Thank you very much!
August 20th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
It is all very interesting!
I wonder where so I see the bios from the pipeline again . . did my bio get on there.
I sent it to you-
R:-)
August 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
In my personal opinion, he is easily the #1 Thinker of the Second Millennium.
science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes. The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power
August 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
‘Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive’
The idea that an offer needs to be replicated and that this is about survival not growth is quitr a mindshift that I find facinatinh and challenging. I think this notion of survival is critically important and equally neglected.
August 18th, 2008 at 4:59 am
In my personal opinion, he is easily the #1 Thinker of the Second Millennium.
Not just a thinker but perhaps #1 applier too. Darwin was obsessive in his accumulation of animals, data and research, cross referencing and collaborating with other thinkers. The original SDNT I’d say!
August 17th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Darwin provided an alternative explanation for the origin of all species.
An alternative explanation - what a concept. The catch phrase that has been in use for the last twenty or so years is thinking outside of the box. I like alternative explanation much better. Want to be rich and famous? Simply find an alternative explanation, isn’t that what building a better mousetrap is all about?
August 16th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
His theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
Why: Because the theory of the survival of fittest can also lead us to theory of the Welfare of the weak to create human value or value creation., or innovation Thus greater scope for new possibility and value.
August 16th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Darwin’s Theory, as we know it today, explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist.
Because all the construction blocks of living nature use genes to replicate, modify, and survive. The assumption has proved to be true.
August 16th, 2008 at 5:25 am
The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
I watch with interest the competition for newspaper readership between John Fairfax’s The Sydney Morning Herald and Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian and how they are now both utilising the internet to add value to themselves.
August 15th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.
August 15th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
“Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive”.
August 15th, 2008 at 8:55 am
“Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied –the fittest – survive.”
August 15th, 2008 at 12:37 am
“Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied –the fittest – survive.”
Yes, but in memetic (r)evolution we need genetic evolution’s equivalent of constructive mutation. And that is constructive creativity.
Humans can look out for and encourage serendipity, i.e. the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate.
Like poets do when they manipulate coincidental rhyme, for instance.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
“Darwin’s Theory has explained more about life in the universe than any other idea ever produced by any other thinker from St Paul to Steven Hawking.”
His theory has led to ‘the meaning of life’ - we are here to pass on our genes in an attempt to perpetuate our species.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
“In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.”
I understand the power of this statement and it completely makes sense to me. However, I do wonder if there can ever be a theory postulated that assumes nothing (0) and then the equation becomes a conundrum because you cannot divide anything by zero (0), right?
August 14th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
Even winning business models become stale over time. There is a need to reinvent either the product, service, marketing angle and so forth in order to keep the momentum going. Just as a gene mutation produces a new variety to behold, so must business reinvent itself in order to stay alive for the long haul through change, growth and adaptation.
The laws that apply to nature, also rule business process. New forms are constantly being made, and old ones are dissolving. Such is the process of life and business.
So simple!
August 13th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.
In our society theories are often treated as fact - no matter how many assumptions are made to develop that theory. I like this definition of the potential power (validity?) of theories based on the ratio of fact based explanations and assumptions.
August 13th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Of all the therories in Science floating around, Darwin’s has yet to be bested by a new theory along the same lines. With all the new information available now, it seems to me that as it continues to stand on its own then as far as we presently know it is a constant truth that can be built on and incorporated into use any way we can that helps us to survive. So business should be incorporating strategies to do just this as a base line and perhaps that is what is missing from the ‘How to start a business manuals’. This should be a fundamental step in the process.
August 13th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
Getting copied applies to various market situations. Verbally, customers meme good offers (tell their friends about their great deals and buys, bargains, top service and warn about bad deals also (which leads to avoidance, uncopying!) THats like
Competitors strive to copy the best features of top selling products and services.
Producers ramp up production (copy) their fast selling products to crowd out competitors and avoid shortages on resellers shelves.
Advertisers promote the best features, benefits - ie. distribute copious copies (images) of clients products.
All these add to the marketing mix.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
His theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
The world has shown today the proof of his theory the fittest will survive.The creative people lead the leadership.
P. Vijayachandran.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes. The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power.
Darwin’s Theory explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist.
Darwin provided an alternative explanation for the origin of all species. His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Darwin’s theory explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist.
wow! i didn’t know that.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I think thant Darwin’s theory can best be summarized by the statement, “Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.”
It seems so obvious! If you don’t survive long enough to breed then you obviously don’t pass on your characteristics which we now know as “genes”.
August 13th, 2008 at 10:34 am
His theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
Not sure of this. Man, especially a caucasion, has white skin that will burn. If this is an evolved species, why would not our skin not burn by now? Some things have evolved, others have appeared it seems.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Darwin’s Theory explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist.
This is remarkable since the existence of genes in Darwin’s time was not known so his foresight was incredible
August 13th, 2008 at 7:08 am
For me, the most interesting sentence on this page is “Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.” because it clearly states what must be done to survive and thrive in business.
August 13th, 2008 at 5:52 am
“In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes”.
Very interesting to apply this to your everyday life.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:45 am
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes. The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power. So, a theory that explains 10 things but needs to assume 5 things is not as powerful as a theory that explains 8 things but needs to assume only 3 things.
Darwin’s Theory explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist. Why? Because what follows from the existence of high fidelity replicators like genes is the process of mutation, competition, selection and … evolution.
Why I came to this point is that there is no absolute truth in science and today we can attest the progress made in science. Dawins work was a great work. I have personally come to know his theory when I was 18 years. Great
August 12th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
“Before Darwin the only explanation for the origin of the diverse array of different species on earth was the JCI Monotheistic Theory of GOD.”
The western culture is still blind to this fact and insists teach magic truths like this GOD.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
It is a fact that you see everyday in the business news …lately with the cost of fuel and the result of certain car companies that are heading to extinction.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.
The good offers, products and services which customers prefer to buy, also tend to get talked about by word-of-mouth, ie. verbally “duplicated” as “good offers, bargains, value”.
More get produced or delivered because customers are happy and keep buying. Advertising is often designed to create a strong image that the product is the “fittest, best, most popular, etc”
August 12th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
“In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.”
I’d never thought of identifying theories with this method, now I can approach more theories in the future with a better initiative.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
“The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time. Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive.”
Repetion of the best, “the fittest” truly survive and go on to create the best in life and the marketplace, evolving and improving on what has come before.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:24 am
The same idea can explain much of what happens in the marketplace over time.
I find this statement interesting because it explains in such a simple phrase what so many business books try to explain with thousands and thousands of words.
August 12th, 2008 at 7:56 am
His theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation
August 12th, 2008 at 7:22 am
“So, a theory that explains 10 things but needs to assume 5 things is not as powerful as a theory that explains 8 things but needs to assume only 3 things.”
I had no idea that’s how you measure the power of a theory. But it does make sense…
August 12th, 2008 at 5:36 am
survival of the fittest
August 12th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Surely Darwin’s thoughts play an essential role in begining to explore the nature of existence.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
“In my personal opinion, he is easily the #1 Thinker of the Second Millennium.”
I find this most interesting because it is your stated personal opinion; because it’s a pretty bold assertion; and because I had never bothered to wonder about ranking thinkers before. But then again, I don’t have a “school of thinking”, so why would I
August 11th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
“..the survival of fitness..” because I always thought it was survival of the fittest - how easily we assume that what we have heard is correct!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Darwin theory showed how over evolutionary time–which is very, very, very, long in the millions of years–random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
August 11th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Darwin is easily the #1 Thinker of the Second Millennium.
No doubt, His work is most valuable to humanity.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
In science , the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.
The power of a theory relates to how well it can be explained, as against the assumptions put forward as well.
In life,we usually assume too many things instead of checking them out and coming to a conclusion. We assume that we will continue to be healthy even though we are smoking heavily and drinking to excess. We assume that the competition out there is not very powerful or a threat to our business,instead of checking out the exact nature of the competition.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
and further to Rae’s comment, “fitness” was originally in reference to ability to reproduce. Correct on noticing it has nothing directly to do with physical fitness
August 11th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
“Each member of a species was thought to have descended from it’s own Adam prototype which was created by GOD in a momentous and strenuous burst of designer energy.”
I’m not a theist, but I find this sentence interesting. Atheist assume no God exists, but look to Darwin’s theory to explain what is going on. Complexity came from simplicity. Fair enough, you might say, but where did the replicators come from?
Did they just spring forth into being or were they created by an intelligent designer. Perhaps they could have been created by such a being, and then left to their own devices. Perhaps it’s all just a coincidence. Something to think about though, right?
August 11th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
“Only those offers that are good enough at getting themselves copied–the fittest–survive”
this is obvious and invariable truth
August 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
In the Judeo-Christian-Islamic (JCI) religious theory, each species was seen as a separate direct line of member creatures originating from the first of its kind which was created personally by GOD
It is amazing that intelligent people could have accepted this premise for so long just as part of their unconditional, unquestioning faith
August 11th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes. The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power
August 11th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
“In science, the power of a theory is the number of things it explains divided by the number of things it assumes.”
How can we relate this to business? I find we often assume too many things and realise them too late. A very interesting idea to ponder..
August 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
“allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.”
People do what they are used to doing or like remaining on auto-pilot. They will continue to do an action even if it doesn’t work or is not in their best interest.
To me the statement is a combination of The 100th Monkey and Group Think. The group will keep thinking the same way until one monkey has a more desirable solution.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:33 am
“His theory of evolution was explained by the survival of fitness”
I wonder why this keeps morphing into ‘fittest’ which conjures visions of Awfully Healthy People all extrovert, loud, and resource-consuming.
Fitness to survive may well mean something entirely more modest, frugal, and appropriate for the environment in which the being finds itself.
And there’s the mindset of any bunch of people that finds itself inspired by a One. Emulation. Being god on earth. With hindsight - wouldn’t it have been great if those Fittest folk had perished before they decided to overuse resources and propagate themselves like rampant weeds…
August 11th, 2008 at 10:41 am
“The more things that can be explained by a theory that assumes as little as possible is what gives the theory its power.”
This quote is a complete sentence thought and as such provides a specific conclusion, but it is also the starting point for a new series of thought and as such a challenge of sorts.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Darwin’s Theory explains the existence of a billion well-adapted species by simply assuming genes exist.
Wow! just by assuming he was that great… Man That must of been awesome!
August 11th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Before Darwin the only explanation for the origin of the diverse array of different species on earth was the JCI Monotheistic Theory of GOD.
I am astounded that religions seem to have had the monopoly on
thinking at that time..
August 11th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Much food for thouighht. With deBono since 1948. Tops. Still ahead of his time. Still works wonderfully *
August 11th, 2008 at 9:03 am
random mutations or variations in the copies of each generation allowed for the fittest copy to survive and pass its adaptation on to the next generation.
I find this interesting because generation after generation the fittest is allowed to survive. This to survive we have to compete to be strong.