PhilGoetz comments on A note on hypotheticals - Less Wrong
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"The model used in this hypothetical does not meaningfully correspond to reality" seems relevant and not to fall under those categories, though it may count as impossibility. A lot of objections to hypotheticals, from what I've seen, stem from this conceptual problem but people rarely come out and say this bluntly.
Oh, yes; that's another valid response.