Meanwhile my ecology professor is literally teaching that survival of the fittest is about genetic superiority and that evolution is about working towards that 'goal'. This is incorrect and bad science that is rooted in right-wing ideology that was disproven decades ago.

This is not what survival of the fittest means by the way. There is no such thing as a genetically superior being, as 'fitness' is totally subjective, as well as dependent on your environment. A lifeform that reproduces well in the ocean will still die if you put in the vacuum of space, no matter how 'fit' it was for ocean life. Not to mention the idea that nature has some sort of conscious goal is anthropomorthising a concept and again, bad science.

I really want to do something about this, but I feel like complaining will get me failed or known as a shit stirrer.

I fucking hate capitalist education.

On the plus side, our next lecture is on mutualism

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[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I guess? All I know is that retvrn people clearly aren't nerdy anthropology majors. You can't return to monkey, we are a completely different genetic line of apes, we never were monkeys. Closely related, but coyotes and domestic dogs have closer genetics than humans and chimps. Studying other apes is useful, but it doesn't really get us much insight into humans because humans alter their ecosystems far more than most animals. Not all (beavers are a thing), but most, and certainly other apes.