You’re saying that I generated not only a wrong but an unreasonably wrong hypothesis, implying that it’s on the level of “house elves are stealing our magic.” I’d like you to say exactly what you think that hypothesis was, because it’s entirely unclear to me.
Ah, sorry – I was saying something slightly different:
I’m not sure if I think “people enjoy X because violent sadism” is a reasonable hypothesis or not. I brought up house-elves-steal-magic” to describe, not that hypothesis, but whatever second hypothesis you might generate.
You’re saying that I generated not only a wrong but an unreasonably wrong hypothesis, implying that it’s on the level of “house elves are stealing our magic.” I’d like you to say exactly what you think that hypothesis was, because it’s entirely unclear to me.
Ah, sorry – I was saying something slightly different:
I’m not sure if I think “people enjoy X because violent sadism” is a reasonable hypothesis or not. I brought up house-elves-steal-magic” to describe, not that hypothesis, but whatever second hypothesis you might generate.