The concept of fitness has helped evolutionists avoid the accusation of tautology, but there is a case for asking that the notion should be defined in operational terms as well as by its consequences.
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Maddox, J. Is Darwinism a thermodynamic necessity?. Nature 350, 653 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/350653a0
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