The Art of Deception and Adrian's Tale Chapter 12

When Darwin was a child, he had a certain pattern in grabbing food, which was: "When hungry, he grabs; when full, he doesn't grab." He wouldn't eat even if he was allowed to eat. But there was one exception. When he saw something delicious, his mother told him not to eat too much, but he refused to listen. As a result, he couldn't digest the food and got a serious illness. From this, we know that food is limited to being full, and being overfull is harmful. We can establish the second principle: "Competition is based on survival needs. Exceeding needs will cause harm." Darwin only said that when he was a child, he would grab food, and thus he grew very fat. He didn't say that because of too much food, he got sick. Therefore, Darwin's competition became an unlimited competition. Europeans believed in his theory, and the world was in chaos. This is the second thing that Darwin's theory should be revised.

Darwin said: "All things are in competition with each other. Different species have different food needs, so competition is not fierce. Only when species are closer to each other than they are to each other, competition is more intense. The competition between tigers and cows is not as fierce as that between tigers. The competition between wolves and sheep is not as fierce as that between wolves. The competition between Europeans and people from other continents is not as fierce as the competition between European countries." His statement is indeed correct, as evidenced by the First European World War, but Darwin himself destroyed this theory when he created it. Darwin's biography says: "In 1858, his good friend Horatios sent him a paper from South America and asked him to publish it. Darwin read the paper and found it exactly matched the results of his own hard work over the past ten years. He was very disappointed. If it were someone else, they would have been jealous and would have buried his manuscript for the sake of fame. But Darwin did not do that. He gave the paper to Rierre and Fouga for publication. The two knew that Darwin also had similar research in his daily life, so they urged him to write the results of his daily research into a paper. On July 1, 1858, it was published at the same time as Horatios' paper, and scholars across the country were all shocked." The biography says this. The person who wrote his biography was originally praising him very much, but in fact it was attacking him, which was tantamount to saying that his theory was completely untenable. Why? He and Holmes are both Europeans, closer than people from other continents; they are both British, closer than other Europeans; they are good friends, closer than other British; and they are both biologists, closer than other friends. Holmes's work, if announced, would be enough to deprive Darwin of his name, which would be the most harmful to him. Darwin did not suppress him, but announced it for him. Wouldn't it be that the closer people are to their own kind, the less competition they will have? Darwin is British, and he can give in to his own kind like this. Why did those British people compete so fiercely during the European war? We can establish a third principle: "People from the same country, those with low morals, the closer they are to their own kind, the more they will compete with each other; those with high morals, the closer they are to their own kind, the more they will give in." Darwin did not tell everyone about his own concession to De Kefeng, but instead told everyone about his country's invasion of the same continent and species. This is the third thing that Darwin's theory should be revised.

Darwin said: "The more intense the competition, the more the fittest will emerge." This statement is unreliable. The intensity of the First European War was unprecedented in history. Darwin asked: Which country was the fittest in this war? In fact, both the loser and the winner suffered great pain. Isn't his statement without any evidence? Looking back, Darwin did not compete with Horatios, but enjoyed a great reputation throughout the ages and was the fittest. He broke this precedent himself. After his paper was published at the same time as Horatios, he continued his research and published "The Origin of Seeds" in November 1859, which made him famous all over the world. Horatios' name was almost unknown, because Darwin worked harder on his own than Horatios. We can establish the fourth principle: "There are two ways to compete: those who attack others will encounter conflicts everywhere and often fail; those who try to work hard on their own will avoid conflicts and often win." Darwin did not teach everyone the secret of his victory over Hollis, but instead boasted to the world about the way Britain plundered India. This is the fourth thing that should be revised in Darwin's theory.

Someone asked: If I don't compete with others, and others want to use the strategy of power competition to attack me, what should I do? Answer: There is a way. We can set the fifth principle: "In everything, we should focus on benefiting both others and ourselves. If we cannot have both, we should benefit others without harming ourselves, or benefit ourselves without harming others." With this principle, we can take both others and ourselves into consideration. If someone comes to invade, I will stick to the three words "not harming myself". He can attack, I can defend, what can he do to me? This is the fifth revision of Darwin's theory.

Darwin said that human evolution is due to competition. We have investigated from all aspects and feel that human evolution is due to mutual concession. Because human evolution is due to the combined force, each line of force can move forward and the world can evolve. For example, if I want to hurry on the road and see someone bumping into me, I should turn sideways to let him pass so as not to delay my journey. According to Darwin, if I see someone bumping into me, I should knock him to the ground. If someone bumps into me along the way, I should knock him down along the way. If I encounter pedestrians squeezed into a circle, I will make a way through the middle and move forward. May I ask if people in a hurry in the world have such a method? If we want to talk about "survival of the fittest", we must understand the principle of concession, so that we can survive. From Darwin's perspective, the biological world is full of competition. From our perspective, the biological world is full of concession. If you try to enter the forest, you will see that all the trees are giving way to each other, and all the branches and leaves are developing towards the empty space in an orderly manner. Trees are ignorant creatures, but they can give way to each other. This shows that giving way is the natural nature of the biological world. Without giving way, there will be no development, and this is true for all living things. In the deep mountains, birds sing and beasts gather. There are more times when they live in peace and less times when they fight with each other. When we are friends, there are more times when we live in peace and less times when we fight with each other. We can establish a sixth principle: "In the biological world, giving way is the norm, and fighting is the exception." Darwin regarded exceptions as the norm, which seems to be unjust. When we encounter conflicts in the situation, we should learn from the branches and leaves of trees and develop towards the empty space. Wang Meng saw Huan Wen and changed his career to Fu Qin. Yun Shouping saw Wang Shigu's landscape and changed his study of flowers. They are all so-called development towards the empty space. In the universe, there are many empty spaces, which means there are many ways to survive. People do not need to fight with each other. This is the sixth thing that Darwin's theory should be revised.