> "Because if we allowed ourselves to discard one of the premises we'd have a much harder time motivating this whole ridiculous discussion, and since our livel

> "Because if we allowed ourselves to discard one of the premises we'd have a much harder time motivating this whole ridiculous discussion, and since our livelihood depends on such ridiculous discussions, we're not about to let that happen!" So saith the Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries, and Other Professional Thinking Persons, eh?