Patrick, Noting that the above quote is a partial, I agree with everything in it at face value. As for the deleted part I can't tell it you wrote tongue in cheek or head in _ _ _.!!! Darwin espoused evolution as survival of the fittest. The strongest, smartest, best (SSB) ultimately survive and dominate. Man has been able to utilize as well as circumvent the process by learning from the mistakes & failures of others, and relating some of that knowledge to even more humans. This is what allows the majority of humans ( not necessarily strong, smart, or good) to remain on the planet today. It also allowed barnyard animals to live long productive lives free of the threat of predators, albiet to potentially lose that life at any moment at the whim of a human. Wild annimals on the other hand had to be the SSB to continue to exist.The SSB simply use everyone else, in degrees at varying levels, to maintain the support system. The SSB evaluate risk & take action based on potential to gain vs. potential to fail. It's this risk/gain process that allows the worlds timid, weak, over cautious to live comfortable lives while contributing in their small way, or not, to the overall good. The "Darwin Award" is a creation of those that consider themselves to be among the SSB as examples of why they're better than everyone else. The fact that the timid, weak, over cautious often also perceive themselves in the SSB group don't make it so. While there are lots of people that lived to a ripe old age without ever taking a risk many have added little to society as a whole. Risk takers sailed to the new world, walked it'd breadth, and eventually flew to the moon. They are responsible for virtually every facet of life that divides us from the mud hut dwellers of other places.
Behind every hero is a dozen "Darwin" nominees and in between are thousands of plain folk that look at the potential for failure & persevere. Some win ,some fail, many that wouldn't have taken the risk (the week timid over cautious) ultimately gain knowledge.
To me that's what TBN is about, sharing knowledge, including painful knowledge, so others can benefit and ultimately become the SSB.
If you're in the barnyard animal category, please note no offense intended, there's room for everyone. MikeD74T
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