Adaptability and Fitness

The free, online Dictionary, www.thefreedictionary.com/adapted, gives this definition for adapted: "To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation" as in, "to become adapted: a species that has adapted well to winter climes."

From Wikipedia, we get:

An adaptation is a characteristic of an organism that has been favored by natural selection and increases the fitness of its possessor. The concept is central to biology, particularly in evolutionary biology. The Oxford Dictionary of Science defines adaptation as "Any change in the structure or functioning of an organism that makes it better suited to its environment".

We found the concept of fitness in an earlier blog post. We have some kind of uncertainty principle here: In order to be fit you have to be less adaptable. If you're more adaptable, you are by definition less fit. It's hard to be both fit and adapted at the same time.

What do you think about this? Which are you, more fit or more adapted? Post a comment.

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