That’s kind of the point… people reject premises all the time. And I don’t mean in the “this premise seems unrealistic” sense. I mean more in the “I refuse to participate in this thought experiment!” sense. Even when the point wasn’t to give a lesson about the shape of reality but to give a lesson about the shape of the reader’s mind and how they respond to the thought experiment.
People just hate inspecting their own mind with a passion. It’s also common for people not to trust you when you suggest a thought experiment if they can’t see where it’s going. It’s very easy to get an anger reaction this way (literally raised voice, tense muscles, raised heartbeat type of reaction).
That’s kind of the point… people reject premises all the time. And I don’t mean in the “this premise seems unrealistic” sense. I mean more in the “I refuse to participate in this thought experiment!” sense. Even when the point wasn’t to give a lesson about the shape of reality but to give a lesson about the shape of the reader’s mind and how they respond to the thought experiment.
People just hate inspecting their own mind with a passion. It’s also common for people not to trust you when you suggest a thought experiment if they can’t see where it’s going. It’s very easy to get an anger reaction this way (literally raised voice, tense muscles, raised heartbeat type of reaction).