Evolution by natural selection: Difference between revisions

no edit summary
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{a|Philosophy|[[File:Darwin fish.jpg|450px|frameless|center]]}}Firstly, bad {{t|metaphor}} watch: be careful of using the word “evolve” when you mean “develop”. [[Evolution]] is the process of spawning and dying, and leaving it to the obstreperous gods of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water to figure out which, [[if any]], of your progeny should survive.  
{{a|philosophy|[[File:Darwin fish.jpg|450px|frameless|center]]}}Firstly, bad {{t|metaphor}} watch: be careful of using the word “evolve” when you mean “develop”. [[Evolution]] is the process of spawning and dying, and leaving it to the obstreperous gods of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water to figure out which, [[if any]], of your progeny should survive.  


Now, if you’re the [[COO]] of an established financial services organisation, we respectfully submit that throwing your infants unchaperoned into the mindless ravenous maw of nature to see how they get on while you shuffle off your mortal coil is ''not'' what you should be aspiring to put your organisation through. Evolving involves ''you'' dying, and the — ah — lion’s share of ''your children'' dying too, for the betterment of some unseen replicating subcomponent of the greater whole.<ref>Though, come to think of it, what — or ''who'' — might ''that'' be?</ref> Dear COO: your job is to ''protect'' your firm from the red claws and teeth of nature, not to ''feed'' them.
Now, if you’re the [[COO]] of an established financial services organisation, we respectfully submit that throwing your infants unchaperoned into the mindless ravenous maw of nature to see how they get on while you shuffle off your mortal coil is ''not'' what you should be aspiring to put your organisation through. Evolving involves ''you'' dying, and the — ah — lion’s share of ''your children'' dying too, for the betterment of some unseen replicating subcomponent of the greater whole.<ref>Though, come to think of it, what — or ''who'' — might ''that'' be?</ref> Dear COO: your job is to ''protect'' your firm from the red claws and teeth of nature, not to ''feed'' them.