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Title: The Adaptive Ultimate
Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum
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The Adaptive Ultimate
by

Stanley G. Weinbaum
Dr. Daniel Scott, his dark and brilliant eyes alight with the fire of enthusiasm, paused at last and stared
out over the city, or that portion of it visible from the office windows of Herman BachтАФthe Dr. Herman
Bach of Grand Mercy Hospital. There was a moment of silence; the old man smiled a little indulgently, a
little wistfully, at the face of the youthful biochemist.

"Go on, Dan," he said. "So it occurred to you that getting well of a disease or injury is merely a form of
adaptationтАФthen what?"

"Then," flashed the other, "I began to look for the most adaptive of living organisms. And what are they?
Insects! Insects, of course. Cut off a wing, and it grows back. Cut off a head, stick it to the headless
body of another of the same species, and that grows back on. And what's the secret of their great
adaptability?"

Dr. Bach shrugged. "What is?"

Scott was suddenly gloomy. "I'm not sure," he muttered. "It's glandular, of courseтАФa matter of
hormones." He brightened again. "But I'm off the track. So then I looked around for the most adaptive