[sitkack]

That would totally be on brand.

What is important is to take start with a very real problem that should be resolved in this universe, then project the discussion into a very close but different one and argue there.

Now it doesn't matter if you win or lose in that universe because it doesn't matter. It isn't our reality.

Hypothetically speaking.

[Dilettante_]

Well the purpose of such hypotheticals is to isolate a smaller part of the problem and examine it more closely outside of the larger context, to decompose the matter at hand in order to more easily get a grasp. I think there's value to that, of course as you pointed out only as an aside to the larger discussion, not as a replacement.

The person you originally quoted did mark their post as a nitpick.