Immanent Agency: It’s Evolution by Design, After All

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Agency theory as proposed certainly is not "magic," but it specifically invokes teleology within its operating framework. Source
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Status Signaling in the Herd: Why Otherwise Good Scientists Sneer at Intelligent Design

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"Here is Johnson, giving a very studious argument for ID, and the other fellow thinks it’s sufficient to say, 'I know it's wrong because my friend told me.'" Source
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