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> “humans weren't designed, they were selected for...” unless i’m mistaking your intent, “evolved” might be the better phrasing if you’re objecting to the agen
by clairity 7y ago
> “humans weren't designed, they were selected for...”
unless i’m mistaking your intent, “evolved” might be the better phrasing if you’re objecting to the agency implied by “designed”, as “selected for” also implies similar (super-)agency.
- exit 7y agoyou're right that "selected for" also implies agency. if i wrote my comment a second time i'd replace that with "came about through". my main intention though is to point out that being the product of an evolutionary process we can't find definitive purpose in our origins.