a: Natural selection ~
b: Buddhist Tale
What:
"Natural selection is like the tale about the Buddhist monk and the disciple who were attacked by the tiger and the disciple says to his master, "Oh Master, we're going to be killed because we cannot possibly outrun the tiger," and the master says, "No, I just have to run faster than you." Well, selection is always relative; it always depends on what the picture is of reproductive success in that population at the time that it's happening."
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Writer: Stephen C. Stearns
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Date: Dec 26 2014 6:51 PM
# 6925 Critique Analogy