A proposed refinement to classical Natural Selection, emphasizing that adaptation is not just a passive filter but an active, iterative process of fit-making between an organism (or community) and its environment. It focuses on the mechanisms of adaptability itself—plasticity, learning, niche construction—as traits that are selected for. The theory argues evolution favors not just static "fitness," but the capacity to generate new fits in response to change. For communities, this means valuing structures that enable learning and reorganization.
Example: A software developer community doesn't just survive by knowing one programming language (a static fit). It thrives through Natural Adaptation Theory: it selects for a culture of continuous learning, hackathons (niche construction for innovation), and modular organization that can pivot quickly. Its key adaptive trait is not a specific skill, but the meta-skill of adaptive capacity itself.
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Being a backronym of AADC (the title of an Indonesian movie), "autopilot apocalypse decision control" is the condition where someone experiences monotonous daily routine, e.g. high school students who go to school for 8 hours every Monday to Friday.
Imagine autopilot adaptive decision controls you all the time, making you have to go to school for 8 hours from Monday to Friday.
by Emotional Cruiser October 24, 2025
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Someone who swings both ways, e.g. a bi or bisexual.
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A person who behaves & acts like a member of the opposite sex. Also a person who wants to be more like a member of the opposite sex, e.g. a transsexual.
Someone who swings both ways, e.g. a bi or bisexual.
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A person who behaves & acts like a member of the opposite sex. Also a person who wants to be more like a member of the opposite sex, e.g. a transsexual.
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Bill: "Didn't you know? He's a two way adaptor."
2a. Hey, that guy acts like a real pussy - a two way adaptor if ever I saw one.
2b. I can't wait for my operation. soon I'll be transformed from Michael into Michelle. Meanwhile I guess I'm just a two way adaptor.
Bill: "Didn't you know? He's a two way adaptor."
2a. Hey, that guy acts like a real pussy - a two way adaptor if ever I saw one.
2b. I can't wait for my operation. soon I'll be transformed from Michael into Michelle. Meanwhile I guess I'm just a two way adaptor.
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