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TT:-
So: mentioning fitness is confusing, because of the many meanings of
the word - and because the popular meanings lead to misunderstanding.
A measure of absolute fitness would be more acceptable to me.

JE:-
Why will nobody here admit that Darwinism
does contain an implicit absolute fitness?

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Darwinian fitness:
The total number of fertile forms
reproduced by each parent into one
population.
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3) Darwinian fitness cannot be selected
to be reduced. Thus selectees are not
forced to do anything except maximise
Darwinian fitness. This singular nature of
Darwinism mimics a teleological system.

NAS:-

Number of fertile offspring is not enough. How to explain sex allocation?