Survival May Not be for the Fittest (Lessons from some TV games)

TL;DR

This paper challenges the traditional view that survival is for the fittest by arguing that biological fitness is multi-objective and using TV game analogies to show that the ultimate winner may not be the fittest.

Contribution

It introduces the concept that survival is linked to non-dominated fitness and demonstrates this through TV game scenarios where the fittest does not always win.

Findings

Survival correlates with non-dominated fitness.

In TV games, no dominant players exist under certain conditions.

The winner may not be the biologically fittest.

Abstract

In this paper we argue that biological fitness is a multi-objective concept hence the statement "fittest" is inappropriate. The following statement is proposed "Survival is mostly for those with non-dominated fitness". Also we use some TV games to show that under the following conditions: i) There are no dominant players. ii) At each time step successful players may eliminate some of their less successful competitors, Then the ultimate winner may not be the fittest (but close).