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"Survival of the fittest" is a phrase originating in evolutionary theory, as an alternative description of natural selection. The phrase is today commonly used in contexts that are incompatible with the original meaning as intended by its first two proponents: British polymath philosopher Herbert Spencer (who coined the term) and Charles Darwin.
Herbert Spencer first used the phrase – after reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species – in his Principles of Biology (1864), in which he drew parallels between his own economic theories and Darwin's biological ones, writing, "This survival of the fittest, which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called 'natural selection', or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life."
Darwin first used Spencer's new phrase "survival of the fittest" as a synonym for natural selection in the fifth edition of On the Origin of Species, published in 1869. Darwin meant it as a metaphor for "better adapted for immediate, local environment", not the common inference of "in the best physical shape". Hence, it is not a scientific description.
Give her a hand 'cos she gave a good show
Her makeup was right for the occasion
She did what she had to do, she said what she had to say
She played her part to perfection
She's so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
She's so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
Acclaims not the same such a shame
The star of the show she was true to herself
And everything went as reported
Rumors about herself came along
That's when it all got distorted
She's so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
She's so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
Acclaims not the same such a shame
What a good show that she gave
Happy to go on the stage
Was she to know it could change
Can she go on feeling strange
She's so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
She's so empty inside, lies to herself and the public
Acclaims not the same such a shame
Public acclaims not the same
Public acclaims not the same
Public acclaims not the same