MrHen comments on Adaptation-Executers, not Fitness-Maximizers - Less Wrong
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After someone points this out, the incorrect response is to start adding clauses:
Or:
People are more likely to do this to something other than screwdrivers, obviously.
"The purpose of love is..."
"Eyebrows are there so that..."
It is easy to misinterpret the point of this post as claiming that the purpose assigned to an object is wrong or inadequate or hopelessly complex. That isn't what is being said.