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Originally Posted by carom
"Survival of the fittest" from Darwin when the closest he actually wrote was "Any variation, however slight...if it be in any degree profitable to an individual of any species...will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring"
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Oh hell yes. That drives me insane when people attribute that to Darwin.
And that reminded me, pretty much anything Machiavelli (real person, not poster) has ever said.
I've even had profs get The Prince entirely wrong. Machiavelli never said it is better to be feared and the ends always justify the means.
He said it is better to be loved to gain respect, but if that isn't possible then fear is definitely an option. Obviously I'm paraphrasing but it makes me so angry when people say Mach was pure evil and conniving.