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Definitely agreed about the lack of evidence for teleology among evolution, but I don't think false starts, extinct species, etc... are counter evidence to teleology really. They'd just be evidence of an imperfect process attempting to reach that goal.

Having a destination in mind doesn't mean you know exactly how to get there, right?

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It seems like admitting a 'blind teleology' would relegate the argument to complete meaninglessness; a teleology that behaves as if it were random is not worth talking about.

Does it have to be blind or random though?

A path finding algorithm is clearly teleological, but also has false starts. That doesn't make it 'blind' or 'random'.

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