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The process by which, via natural selection, unfit specimens remove themselves from the gene pool. See Darwin Awards.
He lit up a match to check if the tank had gas in it. Darwinism ensued.
Darwinism by Dense Fog September 8, 2005
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Cognitive Darwinism 

The conscious decision to choose the less favorable of two choices resulting in greater probability of a bad outcome.
Refusing to vaccinate to protect yourself is cognitive Darwinism at its finest.

Cerebral Darwinism 

Cerebral darwinism is the theory that the fittest brain cells survive through the process of neurological natural selection.
After all the drugs and alcohol he did in high school and college his friends were amazed that he was still a very intelligent, articulate person but he explained that this was a result of cerebral darwinism and that the brain cells that had survived the various assaults of drugs and alcohol and various head injuries incurred in drunk and drugged out stupors, were the fittest brain cells and were actually super brain cells. Those that didn't make it were eliminated by the process of neurological natural selection.
Cerebral Darwinism by jmspaesq October 30, 2010

Anarcho-Darwinism 

A political philosophy where everyone does whatever they want. There are laws. But, whoever wants to do evil things will naturally get beat up by the rest of society. Rapists obviously will get killed by other males given a lawless society. Little by little evil people and evil actions will get conditioned out of the human race, thus leaving only good people.
Anarcho-Darwinism is better than being a Democrat, Republican, Anarcho-Communist, and Anarcho-Capitalist.

Social Darwinism 

The concept of 'survival of the fittest' as applied to human societies.

In essence it is the belief that it is harmful to society to help those who are physically, intellectually, or economically disadvantaged. The belief that those members of society should be allowed to die off in order to strengthen the gene pool.
The Nazis believed that those races that they determined to be inferior should be systematically eradicated in order to prevent the dilution and weakening of the Aryan race, which they deemed superior. This may be the largest application of the concept of 'social Darwinism.'
Social Darwinism by wordmanword September 26, 2009

Economic Darwinism 

Free Market Capitalism, a form of Social Darwinism predicated on the ability to obtain capital, wherein companies and corporations compete in a Darwinian market that favors whatever is best for business.
In theory Capitalism (Economic Darwinism) is supposed to be regulated by the consumer, but most consumers are lazy and apathetic and the majority of them are probably idiots, as evidenced by the survival of Electronic Arts and the success of the Twilight Saga.