And people have done this, and they have won. If I am reading referenced article correctly, Eliezer had three wins, two losses before calling off the experimen

And people have done this, and they have won. If I am reading referenced article correctly, Eliezer had three wins, two losses before calling off the experiments. He's not claiming he can convince anybody with his arguments, just that he has successfully convinced a few people. Make of that what you will.