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Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2023-10-31): Cambridge (MA): MIT Press; 2010. [...] Chapter 16The Law of Evolution: Darwin, Wallace, and the Survival of the Fittest [...] Now that was a new concept! Also known as "natural selection," it is a simple statement of the fact that in dangerous circumstances, only those individuals most adapted to their environment survive—and the world, with its limited food supply, fearsome predators, and devastating diseases is always a dangerous place. An individual born with a physical or cognitive difference that renders it stronger or smarter or faster or sharper-eyed—in short, better adapted than its peers to the conditions it is confronting—will be more likely to live and mate and pass on its advantage to the next generation (through, as we now know, its genes). It’s such a simple concept that it’s surprising it took so long to conceive of. When Darwin’s buddies back in England heard it for the first time, they must have slapped themselves on the forehead, chagrined that they had missed so obvious an idea.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2023-11-08): Hey there, curious minds and evolutionary enthusiasts! Get ready to embark on a thrilling journey through time as we dive into the brilliant mind of one of history's most influential scientists. In this blog article, we're unleashing a treasure trove of 50 captivating Charles Darwin quotes that will make you ponder, marvel, and perhaps even spark a "Eureka!" moment. So, let's buckle up as we explore the wisdom of Charles Darwin and unlock the secrets of natural selection! In a world brimming with discoveries and innovations, Charles Darwin stands tall as a pioneer who rocked the very foundation of science. His groundbreaking theory of evolution through natural selection has not only transformed our understanding of life's diversity but has also ignited debates that resonate to this day. As we journey through these fifty evolutionary quotes, we'll not only witness the genius of Darwin but also uncover the moments that shaped his revolutionary ideas. From his observations during the iconic voyage of the HMS Beagle to the profound insights he shared in his monumental work "On the Origin of Species," each quote takes us one step closer to grasping the intricacies of life's intricate dance of adaptation. So, fasten your seatbelts and get ready to revel in the wisdom of Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary biology! [...] - "In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed."
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2019-08-05): FACT CHECK: Did Charles Darwin Say This Quote About Natural Selection? [...] A 19th century English naturalist, Darwin is best known for his theory of evolution. In his 1859 book "On the Origin of Species," he presented and explained the process of natural selection, whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and reproduce. [...] "I am very familiar with this purported quotation. It is of course not by Darwin," National University of Singapore science historian Dr. John van Wyhe told The Daily Caller in an email. "It is probably a mid-20th century attempt to summarize Darwin’s theory that has been misattributed to Darwin."
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2024-10-01): - California State University, Sacramento - Survival of the fittest molecule survival of the fittest, term made famous in the fifth edition (published in 1869) of On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin, which suggested that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing. Darwin borrowed the term from English sociologist and philosopher Herbert Spencer, who first used it in his 1864 book Principles of Biology. (Spencer came up with the phrase only after reading Darwin’s work.) [...] Darwin did not consider the process of evolution as the survival of the fittest; he regarded it as survival of the fitter, because the "struggle for existence" (a term he took from English economist and demographer Thomas Malthus) is relative and thus not absolute. Instead, the winners with respect to species within ecosystems could become losers with a change of circumstances. For example, fossil evidence supports the notion that the mammoth (Mammuthus) was more fit during the most recent ice age (which ended roughly 11,700 years ago), but it became less fit as humans hunted it and the world’s climate warmed; fossil evidence suggests that the mammoth succumbed to extinction a few thousand years later.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2022-08-30): Did Charles Darwin coin the phrase 'survival of the fittest'? What is the meaning of the phrase 'survival of the fittest'? And when was it first used? Justin Pollard explores the phrase and the great misconception that it was created by Charles Darwin… Although the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ came about as a direct result of the publication of Charles Darwin’s seminal On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, it was not a phrase he at first used to describe what he called ‘natural selection’.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2022-04-07): Charles Darwin accomplished a major milestone not just in biology, but in all of science with his publication of "On The Origin of Species." However many claims that Darwin, himself, claimed that his theory could be summarized by simply stating "Survival of the Fittest." A phrase that he himself never used and was in fact an attempt to slander his theory. We’ll get to the who, when, and why of such a claim but in short: no, Charles Darwin never said that evolution is "survival of the fittest." Simply stating the year and the location of the claimed utterance would do little to shed light on how this phrase first came to be used. First, no Darwin never said it. Second, to fully explain why the quote came about one needs to understand both a little about evolution and the existing moral authorities that regulated truth in the times of Darwin. [...] Finally returning to the etymology of the fake quote, a wonderful synopsis was done by the Darwin Project. A project that, among other things, tracks down fake quotes misattributed (or entirely fabricated by the legendary evolutionary biologist. The quote began as a paraphrase of the original text by Leon C. Megginson who argued that Darwin’s theory was not about intelligence or strength but "the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt." The quote started off as a casual interpretaiton of Evoloution and then took on a life of its own from there.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2024-07-14): Survival of the fittest "Survival of the fittest"[1] is a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection. The biological concept of fitness is defined as reproductive success. In Darwinian terms, the phrase is best understood as "survival of the form that in successive generations will leave most copies of itself."[2] [...] Tautology [edit]"Survival of the fittest" is sometimes claimed to be a tautology.[23] The reasoning is that if one takes the term "fit" to mean "endowed with phenotypic characteristics which improve chances of survival and reproduction" (which is roughly how Spencer understood it), then "survival of the fittest" can simply be rewritten as "survival of those who are better equipped for surviving". Furthermore, the expression does become a tautology if one uses the most widely accepted definition of "fitness" in modern biology, namely reproductive success itself (rather than any set of characters conducive to this reproductive success). This reasoning is sometimes used to claim that Darwin's entire theory of evolution by natural selection is fundamentally tautological, and therefore devoid of any explanatory power.[23]
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2000-04-01): In late September 1838 a young man, aged 29, a former medical student and amateur naturalist, who had spent several years in the South Pacific studying plant and animal life, but who remained puzzled as to why "favourable variants" of each species survived while "unfavourable variants" were destroyed, sat perusing a book, as he later recalled, "for amusement." 1 The work which provoked Charles Darwin was T. R. Malthus's Essay on Population (1798), which he later claimed first suggested to him the idea that "on the whole the best fitted live." This idea Darwin would popularize through the notion of the "struggle for existence," a phrase which he famously claimed to use as a "metaphor" but which meant simply "the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms." 2 That application resulted in the publication [End Page 223] of the Origin of Species in 1859, an occasion hailed as "the greatest event of Queen Victoria's reign," 3 even "by far the most important ... in the history of the modern West." 4 It is well known, too, that Darwin's appreciation of Malthus was not unique even among naturalists.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2020-04-23): We gave you six things Darwin never said (despite what you may read elsewhere). [...] According to Darwin’s Origin of Species, it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself. [...] Significantly, Megginson was a prolific author of textbooks and a prominent teacher in management studies, the field in which the bogus quotation remains most pervasive. Nick points out that one of Megginson’s former students recalled that ‘I learned a lot of good things from Leon Megginson’s classes. One of the most valuable things I heard him say went something like this: Charles Darwin didn’t say that only the strong survive. What he said was that those who survive are the ones who most accurately perceive their environment and successfully adapt to it.’ Megginson had an interest in the theories of evolution through ‘mutual aid’ advocated by the Russian zoologist Karl Kessler, and his statements about Darwin clearly reflect that.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2019-07-03): Show transcribed image textQuestion: "Well behaved women rarely make history. Meme 1: Marilyn Monroe Charles Robert Darwin, 1809-1882 "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." Meme 2: from On The Origin of Species I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise - This question hasn't been solved yet!Not what you’re looking for?Submit your question to a subject-matter expert.Transcribed image text:"Well behaved women rarely make history. Meme 1: Marilyn Monroe Charles Robert Darwin, 1809-1882 "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." Meme 2: from On The Origin of Species I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role." Meme 3: Hillary Clinton, "it Takes A Village" For each meme, please report the following: Is the meme accurate? In other words, does the quote go with the picture and/or citation? Is it correct, taken out of context, completely false, said by a different person, or something else?
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2012-07-27): Proctor & Gamble – Business Sphere and Decision Cockpits "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." With this quote, Charles Darwin clearly defined today’s business analytics imperative. In this posting we illustrate a best-in-class Analytics Innovation Case Study at P&G. The case study illustrates the way Business Analytics is becoming more central as retail and CPG decision making speeds up. [...] - Comminity Banks (5) [...] - Goldman Sachs (1)
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
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Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2015-05-07): "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. [...] – great quote, but was NOT Charles Darwin In 1963 Leon C. Megginson delivered a speech that contained a passage presenting his interpretation of Charles Darwin’s ideas. Megginson did not claim that he was quoting the words of Darwin. Nevertheless, over time, in a multistep process this passage has been simplified, shortened, altered, and reassigned directly to Darwin.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2022-06-08): And this in a time when, according to the National Retail Federation and government data, retail sales increased 4.6 percent over 2017, with solid profits. Think about just a few of the chains that have either closed or greatly reduced their store counts — Sears, Kmart, JCPenney, Toys ‘R Us, Macy’s and Shopko — just to name a few. [...] Charles Darwin, the renowned biologist, naturalist and geologist, stated "… in the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best (and fastest) to their environment." [...] - A great read on this is the book "The Paradox of Choice" by Barry Schwartz.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2014-03-27): Ask anyone what percent of new products fail. The usual answer is somewhere between 70-90 percent. With those odds why would anyone try? [...] For example, I know of a company that used a number of new products to make a competitor’s new products more difficult to introduce. As soon as the competitor’s product failed, the company removed its own new product entries. It was a strategic success, not a failure, even though the "new" product was no longer on the market. [...] When any of the three C's (consumer, competition or conditions) change you may need a new product!
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2014-12-19): "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. [...] <!-- <beans profile="dev, prod" > [...] <beans profile="dev, prod, cloud">
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2021-09-21): Posted on September 21, 2021 • 3 minutes • 448 words Click the image for the full length video. It’s worth it. [...] You may think that quote is from Charles Darwin but it is actually a misquote. I’ll let you do your own homework to find the true author.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2020-04-23): Spot the fakes! Darwin is often quoted – and as often misquoted. Here are some sayings regularly attributed to Darwin that never flowed from his pen. Darwin really did say this, but it is often quoted out of context to suggest that he had doubts about the validity of his theories (he didn't): [...] Read more about what Darwin did say - On evolution - On human nature - On religion
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2014-02-13): I took a moment to think about it, and I started to get mad. It made me recall something that Charlie Weingroff said at the Perform Better Summit this summer: [...] We want to eat vegan because the agricultural industry is a mess, we want to train 14 times per week because some Bulgarian Weightlifters did it, we want to run marathons every weekend. On one hand, we did not evolve to do any of this. On the other; we evolved, and we continue to do so. We can’t see it from one generation to the next, but in the 21st century, our biggest challenge will be adapting to the stress inducing environment that we’ve created, and continuing to create strategies to reduce stress. Ironic, isn’t it? [...] It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2013-05-21): "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. A lot of people think the above quote comes from Charles Darwin, it’s been sourced as coming out of his Origin of Species but it’s not actually in there. No, this quote was a summation of Darwin’s work from a management professor at LSU in the early 1960’s and then at some point it started being attributed to Darwin himself. [...] And pity those who aren’t so flexible, those who’ve dug themselves in.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2016-08-31): There is more both of beauty and of raison d’etre in the works of nature- than in those of art. ~Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) The adaptations of insects in our yard are both beautiful and incredible. Here is a little more on some leaf edge caterpillars discovered the past few days…
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2019-05-15): As an educated young man, he embarked on an astounding voyage of discovery aboard a Royal Navy ship. Strange animals and plants he saw in remote places inspired his deep thinking about how life might have developed. And when he published his masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species," he profoundly shook up the scientific world. Darwin's influence on modern science is impossible to overstate. Fast Facts: Charles Darwin Known For: Originating the theory of evolution through natural selectionBorn: February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, EnglandParents: Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah WedgwoodDied: April 19, 1882 in Downe, Kent, EnglandEducation: Edinburgh University, Scotland, Cambridge University, EnglandPublished Works: On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural SelectionAwards and Honors: Royal Medal, Wallaston Medal, Copley Medal (all for outstanding achievements in the sciences)Spouse: Emma WedgwoodChildren: William Erasmus Darwin, Anne Elizabeth Darwin, Mary Eleanor Darwin, Henrietta Emma Darwin, George Howard Darwin, Elizabeth Darwin, Francis Darwin, Leonard Darwin, Horace Darwin, Charles Waring Darwin Notable Quote: "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." Early Life Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, in Shrewsbury, England.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2011-02-07): Skip to main content [...] The sentiment expressed by Darwin can be applied to the current state of world economies. We have survived the Great Recession and now live in a world that is turned on its head. [...] In the words of Darwin, "It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change." We need not be the richest economy, nor the most capable but we certainly must become one of the most agile and committed if we are to survive and succeed in the long-run.
Claim: Claims Charles Darwin said, "In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment." (Viral Quote, 2019-04-14)
Evidence (2014-10-16): 2355 Mount Carmel Avenue / Glenside, PA 19038 215-884-9433 / www.zenosfrudakis.com / www.facebook.com/zenosfrudakis [...] Contact: Rosalie Frudakis, 215-884-9433 [...] Socrates: The unexamined life is not worth living.
Claim: Jason Momoa exposed Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson for running a Maui donation scam (Viral Video, 2023-09-06)
Evidence (2023-09-06): There is no evidence for this claim.