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On Being with Krista Tippett

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Teleology Is Not Controllable, Is It?

You can feel the shape of something pulling you toward something that you don't intend, and it's as if the shape is somehow intrinsic. That's funny, because you phrased it in the negative. Was very smart. I maybe, i, i,. i am always afraid of teleology. Now, theology has so many different ah traps, and so the question is, always, if it's teleology, who is in control? Andand i don't know, o no saal characters, theyre driving you, but you don't know who's in control. Because we do too. You really want t prove something, but you can't, cause it's wrong.

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