On: Medieval staircases were not built going clockwise...

[jvanderbot]

This comment is a perfect example of GGP's problem with historical analysis.

As is the nearly-exactly comment in TFA:

> Frankly, if you find yourself in this position the castle is probably already lost.

It's conjecture all the way down.

[qwytw → jvanderbot]

> It's conjecture

Just like the entire staircase argument?

Except that we actually know that:

> Frankly, if you find yourself in this position the castle is probably already lost.

Was true in almost all cases.