This section deals specifically with biological evolution rather than the social evolution that the rest of the book deals with. This section is centered on the controversy between creationists and Darwinians, which has never been settled because the Darwinians have made a serious basic mistake. Darwin was convinced by Spenser to formulate Natural Selection as "Survival of the Fittest", a formulation that serves to justify the priveleges of the social elite. We will demonstrate that the mathematically correct formulation is "Survival of the Just-Barely-Fit and Fitter" which demonstrates, among other things, that complexity is a natural survival factor and does not require an "Intelligent Designer". It also shows how altruism and cooperation are survival factors and that evolution does not require intraspecies conflict.

Since both the creationists and the Darwinians (or, more accurately, Spenserites) are dogmatic in their opinions neither side were able to spot the simple mathematical error that Darwin adopted from Spenser.

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EG0500 Evolution

EG0501 Evolution
EG0502 The Problem
EG0503 Creation
EG0504 Entropy
EG0505 Survival
EG0506 Fitness
EG0507 Just-barely-fit
EG0508 Survivors
EG0509 Extinction
EG0510 Entropy Again
EG0511 Burgess Shale
EG0512 Altruism
EG0513 Why "fittest"?
EG0514 Does Behavior evolve?
EG0515 Eigen
EG0516 Evolution of Species
EG0517 Algebraic Evolution
EG0518 Equivalence
EG0519 Evolution a conflict?
EG0520 Why no Utopia?
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