[Taxacom] teleology example

[John Grehan]

At various times I have raised, in this and other lists, the continued
presence of intelligent design theology in science in the form of explicit
teleology. Often the response is "that is not what they really intended".
Here's a nice explicit example: "it’s hard to see how these hair-like
processes would evolve if they didn’t serve a purpose." This from David
Winter, "a PhD student in evolutionary genetics who very occasionally
thinks he has something that the internet simply needs to know…" See
http://sciblogs.co.nz/the-atavism/tag/new-zealand/

John Grehan