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		derleth on July 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Algernon's Law It seems like admitting a 'blind teleology' would relegate the argument to complete meaninglessness; a teleology that behaves as if it were random is not worth talking about.

jbrechtel on July 6, 2012 [–]

Does it have to be blind or random though?

A path finding algorithm is clearly teleological, but also has false starts. That doesn't make it 'blind' or 'random'.

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