When British naturalist Charles Darwin sketched out his theory of evolution in the 1859 book "On the Origin of Species" - proposing that biological species change over time through the acquisition of traits that favor survival and reproduction - it provoked a revolution in scientific thought.
Is it just:
A species with certain traits is more likely to persist in a their environment.
Some elements / forces with certain traits are more likely to persist in their environment. (Eg more stable atom configurations etc)
I thought everyone was already on board with that.
The most stable configuration would be the heat death of the universe, which will then be around the longest eventually.
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