Survival of the Best Adapted Gene

The concept of evolution is not just about survival of the fittest, but rather about the replication of gene variants and the differential replication of gene variants. This ties into epistemology, as it's about the survival of the best adapted gene, which encapsulates knowledge and the growth of knowledge. Some theorists view knowledge as information with causal properties, while others may not. Theoretical biologists also work on developing numerical measures of fitness to explain that genes evolved to maximize fitness.