eyes are designed for using colour

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An example of teleology in popular science writing:

"Eyes are not designed for picking out individual colours, but for using colour to distinguish shapes and objects."

Brian Clegg

Clegg, B. (2015). Light Years. The extraordinary story of mankind' fascination with light. Icon.

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