“If someone had a reason to seriously present it, then I’d not dismiss it out of hand ”
But they don’t.
Calling something “absurd” doesn’t mean “I have so much evidence to the contrary that I’m not going to even consider any evidence”. It seems more like a synonym of “there is no evidence for that, and the possibility space is large”
“If someone had a reason to seriously present it, then I’d not dismiss it out of hand ”
But they don’t.
Calling something “absurd” doesn’t mean “I have so much evidence to the contrary that I’m not going to even consider any evidence”. It seems more like a synonym of “there is no evidence for that, and the possibility space is large”