I have a feeling you are not making this up. So all of you know, I got this idea from someone who posted a similar (stupid) post back about 4-5 years ago in my days of Age of Kings, when someone posted a strategy which was delete your scout, build only 1-2 villagers, and go to the Feudal Age. I forgot how it went.
TGE, if you could, please put a link to that game or something, I would love to see this replay.
Well, with some civs, it might be a viable strategy, like Turks, Chinese, Koreans, any nation that gets help with Citizens.
Besides, this topic is the response for the guys who didn't exactly like my Civics First, Science Second topic.