elitehunter34 wrote...
Is defeating the Reapers conventionally logically impossible?
Yes. You have at the fundament an inductive claim supported by existing evidence, and a
lack of evidence to the contrary; moreover,
repeated and canonical assertions
in the context of the game itself,
and independent verification of the truth-value of the claim upon selecting the refusal ending. It is not a claim rendered exclusively from inductive reasoning.
The overwhelming amount of evidence
for the inductive claim, and
lack of evidence to the contrary, elevates the probability the claim is true to such a point pointing out its inductive nature has
nominal impact on the claim itself.
Then you add the canonical arguments in favor of the inductive claim, which elevate it quite frankly beyond reproach. That is in part why it is
irrational to refuse under any circumstance -- even if the Catalyst is lying
conventional victory is impossible.
And as if that is somehow not veracious enough to be persuasive, independent confirmation of the claim after the fact demonstrates its
overwhelming soundness. Again, if you refuse to accept that conventional victory is impossible, you must deny canon to do so. All of it, really, which brings me to my next points.
Never before have the Reapers had to fight an enemy where their leaders weren't instantly killed and could use the Mass Relays.
Can you prove this assertion? All that can be inferred by the fact the Reapers continue to exist is that they have never
lost. The details of each individual cycle are not available.
Not only that, but as Javik said, the current cycle is much more diverse than the previous cycle. So the current cycle has the advantage of being able to use the strengths of some races to balance out the weaknesses of the other races.
Yet, as of the actual activation of the Crucible that diversity has had no impact of merit on the war effort itself. The most to which said "diversity" has amounted are tactical victories that were still decisive strategic losses.
...the organic races have weapons and technology that can damage or destroy the Reapers.
So did whatever civilization that put down the derelict Reaper you visit in ME2. Did
they win? Sovereign was destroyed, the Leviathan of Dis could very well have been disabled by an organic species, and the "current" cycle put down a large number of Reapers...
all to no avail. The ability to destroy a Reaper is
not equivalent to the ability to win the war conventionally. If it were, the Reapers would have been put down no "later" than 37 million years ago.
I brought up voluntarily, and answered these counter-allegations, in
this post. At this point, you're retreading old ground to attempt to make a point that was long since addressed and discharged.
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