Darwin's Two Fatal Errors in Survival of Fittest Evolution

Darwin's Two Fatal Errors in Survival of Fittest Evolution

Darwin made two fatal errors in his Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Survival Of The Fittest Darwin observed and/or concluded that more offspring are produced in any one generation than will in turn reproduce in the next generation. Thus, he concluded that it is almost always crunch time. Which prospective parents will win? Darwin's first mistake was the assumption that survival in nature was based solely on fitness! Nature does most of its handiwork in two's like night and day. Nature always has an alternate plan. When nature gives you the longest day, for instance, she also gives you the shortest night. Consequently, when nature gives you a large number of offspring, nature also gives them less chances of survival. The great Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung probably states it best in his book, Psychological Types: "There are in nature two fundamentally different modes of adaptation which ensure the continued existence of the living organism. The one consists in a high rate of fertility, with low powers of defense and short duration of life for the single individual; the other consists in equipping the individual with numerous means of self-preservation plus a low fertility rate."(p. 331) Nature does not place all of her eggs in one basket. If the organisms are not "the fittest" as Darwin suggests that they must be, nature will increase the odds of survival of the "less fit" by increasing the fertility rate,and, in the end, life should continue based upon the greater odds. To Mutate or Not To Mutate The second fatal error that Darwin committed was the assumption that organisms mutate. He knew that he could not prove that they did and he consequently asked for help. He wrote: "Whoever is led to believe that species are mutable will do good service by conscientiously expressing his conviction; for only thus can the load of prejudice by which this subject is overwhelmed be removed" (Origin, p. 482) Darwin had no evidence that species mutate. There were no dogcows or horsecats. What probably threw Darwin off was the fact that nearly all life's designs follow certain patterns or laws of nature. Because species are simular does not necessarily mean that the more complex species occurred because of mutations in less complex species. Species have unique places in the sun. They are unique arrangements of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and the rest of the minerals and amino acids. Plants and animals are made of the same basic building blocks. In order to prevent mass confusion nature insures that they maintain true to their templates or blueprints. There can be no drift nor mutation from one specie to another. To sum it up, nature relies on more than one method to insure survival of the specie, and, order is maintained via homeostasis which prevents mutations thereby insuring each specie remains unique and enjoys its particular place in the sun (world). Oh, by the way, if the survival of the fittest theory is not nature's only way of insuring the continuation of the species (notice it is not a race or contest to be won) the doctrine of "Natural Selection" is also in jeopardy.