Darwin’s survival of the fittest theory is one of the most recollected and most referred to theories of all time. Any time someone does something less than intelligent, people often refer to the theory. The theory, of course, states that the weaker members of a species will die off and the most fit and able of the species will survive. Most humans don’t generally have to fight off predators in their normal living environments these days, but their lack of intelligence and forethought may be their own worst enemy.
In fact, there are enough examples of people’s lack of intelligence resulting in their death that these examples have been included in the Darwin awards. From a man putting exploding chewing gum into his mouth and having his head blown away to another man trying to balance on a seventh floor railing and plunging to his death, there are numerous examples of stupidity being a cause of death. These are modern examples of Darwin’s theory being put to the test.
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