I do understand the technology at at least a lay level (unless your Scotsman is true by your conclusion), and it seems to me that the idea that it's "style" and

I do understand the technology at at least a lay level (unless your Scotsman is true by your conclusion), and it seems to me that the idea that it's "style" and not "permuting the input data" is one that seems to be a postulate, not a fact.