Is Physical Strength an Indicator of Fitness?
The phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ is thrown around a lot, but I really believe that this is an oversimplifcation of Darwin’s theory. The ‘survival of the ones who aren’t killed’ is a bit more accurate. One important question about the nature of fitness is: Are stronger men objectively more valuable than weaker men? Many have answered, ‘Yes,’ but in truth, the answer might be, ‘No.’ Our present culture seems to be swayed by the popularity of ball sports into believing that bigger, stronger men who are ‘winners’ of such sports are objectively more fit than smaller, weaker men, whose ‘losing’ circumstances in such encounters are to be stigmatized and avoided by both the strong and men in general. Not only is this prejudice a great annoyance to smaller men who find themselves shunned by the opposite sex, but it also results from a grave fallacy based on the ruleset of traditional sports — in particular, on the rule that teams must contain equal numbers of players. This rule creates a ‘
