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    It is not the case that Premise (5) is not particularly controversial.

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    • 1.Crick's warning targets a cognitive bias in scientists, not evidence that biology genuinely exhibits design properties.
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    • 2.The existence of a temptation toward error demonstrates human psychology, not facts about the external world being perceived.
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    • 1.Dawkins explicitly uses 'appearance of design' to mark a distinction between illusion and reality, as in 'The Blind Watchmaker' thesis.
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    • 2.Citing Dawkins as support for premise (5) conflates his rhetorical framing of Darwinism's explanatory target with an ontological concession about design.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Crick's earlier warning to biologists would have been pointless were there no temptation toward design attributions.
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    • 2.Even Richard Dawkins, an implacable opponent of design arguments, characterized biology in terms that acknowledge the appearance of design.
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