My favorite quote on design, from the late WinAce:
“Without evolution, what reason is there to suppose a bat’s wing—meant for flying—will have more similarity to a hoof than any bird’s wing, also meant for flying? What reason is there to suppose shark and dolphin flippers, which function identically and can look similar enough to fool mariners, are much more different—on the inside—than a dolphin's flipper and a human hand, which have totally different ‘purposes’?
“Evolution answers this. The common ancestor of all mammals had a paw, and no matter which environment its descendants moved into, all of their paws/claws/feet/wings/flippers/hooves are obvious modifications of that original structure—muscle groups, bone and all. The same answer applies to vestiges. And this, along with a huge number of other experimental consequences, is perfectly logical and downright expected if evolution is true.”
-- Allan Glenn
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