Quote Originally Posted by Quertus
I’ve got a new method for increasing productivity that involves chopping off limbs. You sure you want to try it a few times before passing judgement?
Yes, just on other people first. You're trying to refute a very basic point about empiricism by a bad faith argument - an idea can be phrased in a way that makes it sound absurd, while leaving the question of whether it can be functionally implemented entirely open.