Argument from poor design

The Dysteleological argument, or argument from poor design, is an argument against the existence of God - specifically a creator God. (Dysteleogology meaning unintelligent.)

The argument typically goes as follows:


 * 1) An omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent God would create organisms with an optimal design.
 * 2) Organisms, especially humans, have features that are suboptimal.
 * 3) Therefore, God either did not create these organisms or is not omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent.

The argument is usually not proposed as an actual argument, but as a weaker Reductio ad absurdum of the argument from design - the bedrock argument for the Intelligent design movement.

Some of the suboptimal features often touted includes:
 * 1) The eye (including the human eye, as the retina is backwards -- among other imperfections).
 * 2) The Laryngeal nerve (seen most spectacularly in the giraffe with a multiple metre detour to reach a displacement of mere centimetres).