Natural Selection Can Suck It.

[AkJay]

Yes, I'm sure all the overweight kids can easily outrun zombies a lot better than the track star kids. Also, Plans don't count for jack! let me just state it this way.

In Left 4 Dead, how long to spend making a "zombie-proof" plan, only to not make it past 5 minutes?

 

[WrongSprite]

Nerds would survive because we can see our own health bar

Ah yes, but what about modern FPS's which don't use health bars?

We'll just sit behind a wall and regenerate for a few seconds.

what about a zombie Apocalypse? are we supposed to just cover our selves with bandages?

I believe so. Although I think there's some temporary death-preventing pills available, if no miracle bandages are to hand.

 

[Sexy Street]

Please, dude, don't make this into a pissing contest.

 

[Bunyip Andler]

Not to sound pretentious, but as an evolutionary biologist, I can say that "survival of the fittest" refers to neither the strongest, nor who can adapt the quickest.

The phrase is from The Origins of Species and the entire phrase is "survival of the fittest to reproduce". It doesn't matter how quickly you adapt and how well you survive if you can't have offspring.

Look at mosquitoes. They're terrible at surviving. But they reproduce like nobody's business. And that's how they survive.

 

[Daveman]

You know, it's funny...
Assuming there was a nuclear/zombie/raptor apocalypse, you'd assume Mother Nature would intend for the fittest, most healthy humans to survive, right?

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yeah, thats not me, but I concur with most of your sentiment.

 

[Deleted]

Knowledge of Natural Selection is required to beat it, if you're an idiot you can continue your kind knowing that if you don't you'll die off.

Its like the metagame of life

 

[Hot'n'steamy]

my largest pet peeve is people who think they understand natural selection.

 

[raptorjesuslol]

Whoever has has the most guns, knows how yo kick ass and prays to RAPTOR JESUS will live

 

[DracoSuave]

Survival of the Fittest might mean Zombies Win in this particular scenario.

 

[Neurowaste]

So because i post on here it means i lack physical prowess but plan for everything? How the hell are you gonna adapt to a post-apocalyptic setting without a balance of both muscle and brain power? Thinking about swimming across a river won't make it get any smaller or shallower... anyways,anger aside, that theory is flawed, sorry bud.

 

[Datalord]

Nerds would survive because we can see our own health bar

Ah yes, but what about modern FPS's which don't use health bars?

Thanks to RTS's i can default see not only my health bar, mana bar, level, xp, current abilities, i can see everyone elses health bars and mana bars as well

 

[DracoSuave]

Nerds would survive because we can see our own health bar

Ah yes, but what about modern FPS's which don't use health bars?

Thanks to RTS's i can default see not only my health bar, mana bar, level, xp, current abilities, i can see everyone elses health bars and mana bars as well

Sadly, in the only popular RTS with a mana bar that would be helpful in the wave of an undead scourge, the undead win.

You might want better skillset.

 

[God of Blades]

Um.... not all of us are unfit and unskilled.
Also, when it comes down to repopulating the planet, I'm still going for the hunky athletic men first.

I admit I'm not hunky, I'm kinda athletic, and certainly not your stereo-typical nerd. Anyway, the second part of your statement pisses me off. It's amazing how many girls end up in terrible/abusive relationships because they want the "hunky" or "hot" guys. Kind of sad, really.

 

[NOT WILL]

if there was a nuke war/zombies ect. the farmers would be the best. if the zombies come the farmers have guns and can see you commingf a while away.

 

[Inverse Skies]

Thanks to RTS's i can default see not only my health bar, mana bar, level, xp, current abilities, i can see everyone elses health bars and mana bars as well

Haha! Stop changing genres on me! Playing Fallout Three was we speak are we?

 

[Guitar Gamer]

You know, it's funny...
Assuming there was a nuclear/zombie/raptor apocalypse, you'd assume Mother Nature would intend for the fittest, most healthy humans to survive, right?
But that's not what's going to happen. We, the unfit, unskilled video-game nerds are going to live through it, while all the olympic athletes and manly muscle-men get eaten/vaporized/infected. That's all because we are the ones who plan for this sort of situation, whereas the healthy athletic people are busy doing other things, like exercising and populating the planet.
So, "Survival of the Fittest" isn't exactly going to work this time round. You know you've screwed up your planet when the wrong group of people survive the end of it.

Pretty sure Survival of the Fittest is not to do with who conforms to whatever physical or mental criterium you put on it, but more to do with who can adapt to the new environment the fastest and most efficiently.

Also I call into question the validity of the claim that nerds have a plan. They have an internet plan. Theory and practise are two very different things. Maybe one or two people who have these so-called plans on the Escapist pull them off without a hitch and don't die in the initial wave of nuclear/zombies/velociraptors.

sorry as much as I'd like to agree with the former theory of the OP but the latter theory seems more correct, unless the nerds can adapt fastest because they all get magical intutition then yes the OP is right but Amnestic couldn't have said it better
really I think the survivors at least for nuclear armageddon would be astronaughts to think of it but I guess they don't count what with them kinda segregating themselves from the ecosystem and what not

also those folks who fancy living in cabins on top of mountains might have a good go except for Velocaraptors since no one would waste a perfectly good nuck of 3 people and a bear and it takes a while for a shuffler to climb a mountain

Who has the best chance to survive?

Nerds? lolno.

The army.

nuclear armageddon? yes. Zombies?
your talking about the smisinfomred blokes sent directly at the horde using recently obsolete tactics and possibly weapons?

 

[Twilight_guy]

Yes a geeky nerd who plays games to much will survive the roaming hordes better then a physically fit person. Despite an inability to run far or fast, climb quickly, or move large physical objects geeks will survive better. Sure. There is a reason meat heads fight wars and smart guys direct them. Aside from maybe outsmarting the horde, you're out of luck mister. Considering that in this theoretical apocalypse you face an unrelenting and omnipresence force I doubt if a nerd could outsmart his enemies forever. In the end, I don't think smarts will beat out brawn in the Apocalypse.

 

[WolfThomas]

Fittest = most likely to produce healthy offspring, a 300 kilo man with 3 children is far more fitter (in a genetic sense) than an Olympic athlete with a vasectomy.

Also why does everyone think those with the plans don't have the physical condition or experience to survive a zombie apocalypse. I know how to use a gun, love camping and while I'm no athlete, I feel I'm in reasonable shape.