If I showed data that shooting a person in the head was an effective means of removing brain tumours, it would be very unlikely that anyone anywhere under any c

If I showed data that shooting a person in the head was an effective means of removing brain tumours, it would be very unlikely that anyone anywhere under any circumstances would ever agree with the proposition, "shooting a person in the head words in removing brain tumours". It's just not the way "worked" is used, and falling back on the most literal, narrow meaning of the term actually signals conceding the argument.