The Queen of hearts and Alice spoke one day. They spoke, they jested and they played croquet with the penalty of death. Alice would lose and Alice would run.
Alice would run to the door, leading out of Neverland, the Queen at her heals but not gaining. At a point, Alice noticed that the door became no closer as she ran, nor did the Queen and her Aces gain on Alice. She saw the Cheshire Cat and asked, though short of breath, why the no one could win this race?
The cat, one step ahead of Alice, replied as coolly as ever, "you must run Alice, you must run as fast you possibly can just to stay in this race. You will never reach the door, no, no you will never reach the door, Alice. But if you are to slow your pace or goodness forbid, stop, you will be caught by the Queen. Always remember that you must run as fast as possible to keep your position in this race."
- The Red Queen Hypothesis on Evolution.
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