The reasoning in the article goes way beyond such a simple statement. A simple fact being true does not magically make all related arguments true. Also, to be

The reasoning in the article goes way beyond such a simple statement. A simple fact being true does not magically make all related arguments true. Also, to be overly pedantic, people don't die immediately after not eating for an hour, people also die anyway even with food, and some people live for quite a while on intravenous fluids.