Darwinism in Our Society
By monojdhole
@monojdhole (200)
India
January 11, 2010 12:37pm CST
Charles Darwin's theory "Survival of the fittest" holds true in our society also. According to the theory the genes which are helpful for the survival of individual and enable him to acquire resources from the environment are conserved and perpetuated. The unfit genes gets eliminated from the population. In today's world the most fit genes which help the organism to survive are the genes of shrewdness, dishonesty, apathy, nefariousness, narrow mindedness etc. Today the genes of honesty, sympathy, concern and welfare for others, peace etc. are getting eliminated from the population.
What is your opinion?
1 response
@izak1399 (103)
• New Zealand
11 Jan 10
Social Darwinism huh? I have heard of this one before, it was swiftly followed with why we should get rid of hospitals, because they keep all the idiots alive or some such.
I guess you could assign all those symptoms or social traits to any number of things. A decline in morals across society, media food pellets that keep us docile. I dunno.
