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Comment author: David_Gerard 06 November 2012 01:03:58PM *  -1 points [-]

It's very hard to avoid apparent teleology when speaking in English. (This is particularly troublesome when talking about evolution by natural selection, where the assumption of teleology is the number one barrier to comprehending how it actually works.)