Nah,

By the very fact that there's paper here, whatever it's merit, the authors of the paper have codified their concept of generality and this doesn't validate the point I was replying to, which was essentially "my impression/feeling" is that it is better".

Point is that it's good at abstract reasoning that isn't spatially grounded like in that paper. So it's not really leaving any door open. It's not a cop out. That's just how it is.