[nullc]

Post selection is also design. Evolution by natural (or artificial, for that matter) selection works by post-selection.

I'm happy to agree that it affords much less degrees of freedom than original design, but the irrelevance argument depends on no influence rather than a lack of absolute influence.

[tptacek]

I'd call this an instance of the genetic fallacy, but it's even less tethered to reason than that.