What are you especially sensitive to, the way the princess was sensitive to the pea?
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Tacit appeals to or reliance on natural teleology.
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Oh boy...thread time (sorry). It's fairly widespread in folk (and even some academic) evolutionary theorizing. We're inveterate intentionalizers. One example that sticks with me is that of wild guppies.
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Male guppies have evolved small orange spots on their flanks that resemble cabrehash fruits, which guppies highly prize. Females are thus pre-wired to approach objects of similar size, shape, and color. So they males with these spots get a reproductive advantage.
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