Anon Archived "No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongst themselves." (RandomQuotes)
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Anon Archived "No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongst themselves." (RandomQuotes)
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[–] Dalai_Llama 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
A tree having branches that compete with each other for sun light is a documented issue that is detrimental to the tree's welfare. These kind of proverbs are cute but they ultimately fail to apply anything more than specious reasoning by analogy.
[–] 6888733? [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Sure, it is really just a figurative analogy. That's an interesting phenomenon, though. Survival of the fittest is not just for animals (shouldn't surprise me, but such an anthropomorphic phrase makes it hard to instinctually apply to plants and stuff).