Perhaps. My point was it makes no sense to begin by admitting as valid the very supposition that one is attempting to prove the validity of. You can get nowhere really fast thataway. JMHO FWIW
I agree totally and that is the better point.
I wonder, however, if they had started from the correct presumptions, if they might have made progress.
Of course, that isn’t starting from the conclusion either, now is it?