I respect and value every single human regardless of who they are, what color, beliefs, and knowledge they have, you name it; At times i seek answers, at times i ask, i question, other times i give. I consider myself a researcher in the game of pool, having played the game the wrong way for 30 years, i woke up and finally last couple of weeks all came together and know what consistency means under pressure, just like someone trying to find a cure for cancer; so so so many different variables in the game that does one thing, either increase or decrease the error rate of pocketing a particular shot, just like cancer so many unknowns, it does one thing, kill people.
Having said that, those top people are our masters in the field, been there and done that, are they always 100% correct? maybe, do they love to hear from someone that challenges there findings, of course; this is how they got to be good, do they admit mistakes, some do, some do not, but if you go back in time, like i did, they do change their position on some issues and that is quite all right, mainly because they got better over the years, and mainly due to the on- line library "Google" and AZB and the continued research.
Having said that if i am not able to reach same conclusion as someone else's, i question it, until i do my own due diligence and convince myself of the right or wrong. That does not mean they are wrong, but like in law! you are innocent until proven guilty.
ScottK, to be quite honest, before i answered you on that thread, i looked at a lot of your previous posts to see if you have a trend of irregular posts reply to others; you seem to be very reasonable person in all your answers; therefore, i decided to be very respectable to you and did reply to you the way i did. I hope one day we understand each other better. On the English language thing, do you know that my grown sons speak only one language and that is "English" poor them they have to deal with my English all these years.
I understand, buddy. You're obviously passionate about the game, which is great. You seek knowledge and try to help others when you can. I can tell you're a good guy and perhaps I give you too much sh*t. A generalized statement about taking everything you read with a grain of salt might have been a better option as opposed to singling you out. I apologize, sir.