Survival of the fittest

We live in an artificial system? By saying artificial system, I mean a system where the struggles are fashioned, the paradigms are proposed and we rely more on presumed knowledge than the experienced one. The most startling fact about this setup is that we are made to believe that it is real. But is this real?

Darwin proposed the theory of the “survival of the fittest”. The context was species that survived the evolution, but we often use the term with our own interpretations. Survival of the fittest was an instinct based effort to survive the nature’s adversities. It was not pre-meditated, but the only way to ensure survival. Nature handpicked the best and the reward was Right to live. The selection pressure never diluted, the obsession to survive never died. Consequently, a relentless struggle for survival, with the sole aim to live.

Today often the phrase is used to persist in the social, political and economic ecosystems where the threat to life is rare. Rather, it is used to validate the immoral and treacherous ways adapted to be in the race to excel. We humans are surviving because we are the fittest is the half-realized truth. We are surviving because fittest amongst us organized to protect the unfit. Had it been the nature’s way many of us would have perished long ago. The question is why we always try to associate our endeavors with the nature? Does it provide a cover for us or we want to deduce that we are still part of nature?

Nature has always mesmerized humans, but we seized to be a part of it since we tried to manipulate it, correct it or upgrade it as per our wishes. We can make artificial rainfall, snow or make artificial body parts hence we are no more natural. We are trying to style a life on other planets, which is unnatural. It’s time for us to owe our actions and prevent crediting nature for our dubious ways.

Let’s think before supposing our ways to be natural and saying survival of the fittest.