I did not mean to offend you or anyone else here, I was using the analogy in the way gjm explained in the other reply:
“it’s a thing lots of people assume is a reasonable idea that one ought to consider the possibility of, but I think it actually doesn’t make sense, and the more closely you look at it the less sense it makes, and bringing it into a discussion usually makes that discussion less useful rather than more”.
I did not mean to offend you or anyone else here, I was using the analogy in the way gjm explained in the other reply:
I’ll take your word for that. I misread you pretty thoroughly; I’m sorry for that.