I won't be the 1st & perhaps not even the last to point out that by now everyone understands both sides of this debate on theory, which can only be resolved by testing over a sufficiently large sample. Hence, I raise two fundamental questions: (1)Do you really think that it is possible to win an cyberargument with an equally committed stranger? and (2) Do you really think at this point that there is something you will say in one of your posts which is going to change anyone's mind?

Speaking of theory & track condition & track supers, isn't this question nothing more than another example of cellular automata in the universe, which holds that every physical action can be thought of as a computation in which the universe moves from some initial input to an outcome, which is the view of scientists who divide the globe into a fine grid to calculate approx. numerical solutions to complicated equations describing weather dynamics? More to the point, wouldn't almost everyone have a chance to participate & maybe even learn something which might help improve roi if we were discussing the betting strategy issues raised in HP's 1st "lessons learned" post?