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Still, Magill answered in earnest and took the thought experiment a step further, controlling for variables including the men's ages. He told the magazine 100 healthy men in their 20s could beat a gorilla, so long as they were "committed and go in united."

But before you build an army of bros and head for the forests of Central Africa, take heed. Magill warns your gang would face significant injury, including — but not limited to — paralysis, disfigurement, "death from broken necks, severe arterial bite wounds, massive concussions leading to fatal brain bleeds, and asphyxiation from other men piling on top of them."

But there’s no need to argue the finer points of this, because Sells didn’t do this for serious consideration or because he’s a serious lawmaker looking to make a real difference in the state. He did it for attention, and because he watched Fox News a few times and saw the prison porn segments on El Salvador’s mega prison and the idea of treating humans terribly as a form of corrections was appealing.

Because 100 years of operating the absolute worst, most cruel prisons in America has apparently taught us absolutely nothing. Such as we can’t cruel our way out of crime.