do only the strongest survive?

Answer 1

Great question :-) Not sure of the answer.

Answer 2

WhenNelson Mandela brought the Sth African govt down.He did so from a prison cell
When the Ayatolla Kholmeny brought down the Shah of Persia.He did it from Paris
When Mahatma Ghandi brought an end to british rule in India.He did so by passive resistance.No british citizen/soldier was attacked.
The will of the people cannot be suppressed.Regardless to the power of the govt

Answer 3

The idea of the survival of the fittest or strongest comes to us mainly from Malthus via Darwin, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Malthus

If it is this to which you refer, then there may be some truth to it, but it is really fitness (ability to survive) rather than strength that counts. Weak things can survive as well or better than stronger things, if they have better strategies. For example, if they work together in groups-- think of ants and termites which are individually weak, but strong together.

Other things are very hardy - there are some bacteria, snails, etc that have been found in highly radioactive locations near nuclear reactors, or in very hot places, where human beings would not survive. Some bacteria were accidentally brought to the moon by US astronauts and brought back to earth by Apollo 12, after surviving nearly 3 years unprotected on the moon, and still alive.

The idea that because evolutionary theory says only the fittest survive, then we should promote this process, was taken up by the Nazis and used as part of their political ideology. They taught that the Aryan race was the fittest race and should be encouraged to breed, and weaker races like Jews and Slavs, together with the disabled and homosexuals should be exterminated.

However, such ideas go against Judaeo-Christian ideas of morality, because the Bible very strongly states the importance of looking after the weaker members of society (which in those days consisted of the foreigners, widows, and the fatherless).
http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=alien+widow+fatherless&searchtype=all&wholewordsonly=yes&version1=31&bookset=10

Perhaps because he comes from a Western culture that has been influenced by Judaeo-Christian morality, even an Atheist like Richard Dawkins is in favour of humans working against evolution rather than for it. In his book The Selfish Gene, he says:

'This brings me to the first point I want to make about what this book is not. I am not advocating a morality based on evolution. I am saying how things have evolved. I am not saying how we humans morally ought to behave. I stress this, because I know I am in danger of being misunderstood by those people, all toll numerous, who cannot distinguish a statement of belief in what is the case from an advocacy of what ought to be the case. My own feeling is that a human society based simply on the gene's law of universal ruthless selfishness would be a very nasty society in which to live. But unfortunately, however much we may deplore something, it does not stop it being true. This book is mainly intended to be interesting, but if you would extract a moral from it, read it as a warning. Be warned that if you wish, as I do, to build a society in which individuals cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a common good, you can expect little help from biological nature. Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to.'
-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, pp.2-3, 1976.

Answer 4

no, or midgets wouldnt exist, maybe a bad example, but survival of the fittest is a thing of the past, skinny ppl wouldnt exist either, and there would be a lot less women, which would suck

Answer 5

Not necessarily...

Only the ones God decides should live actually survive.

Answer 6

not really, only the positive minded survive.

Answer 7

No, because societies help the weak and they reproduce.

Answer 8

mentally - yes

Answer 9

the smartest goes on..........

Answer 10

sure...