Without an operational definition, it ain't science. What would logic dictate?
How do you inquire without methods and procedures? How do you inquire without asserting the expected results of an experiment or controlled observation?
In your case, that there is no such thing as "design" and we must therefore remove that word from all dictionaries.
How do you inquire without methods and procedures? How do you inquire without asserting the expected results of an experiment or controlled observation?
You don't. Methods and procedures themselves require intelligence and design. So does inquiry. So do control and observation.
Watch out for that treeeeeee!