no disrespect meant, i'd like make a statement in regard to this thread that was locked.
http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bb/showpost.php?p=205061&postcount=34
"Somewhere along the line the AP part of the topic got misplaced, and we ended up on religion. Thread closed."
it did indeed end up as stated.
it could have went beyond that point, perhaps to a point that could help some of us work out a better understanding of advantage play and voodoo stuff. i say this in no way meaning to be argumentative and i fully respect your desire for the subject of religion to not hold sway over AP stuff.
key here, imho, is that we might have got to a nitty gritty point of understanding with respect to how advantage players think and are motivated as opposed to how voodoo practitioners, or ploppies think and are motivated.
so i'm posting here in the AP predators & wild casino kingdom thread with the hopes that we can still get there.
in a nutshell it's my opinion that truly creative advantage players may access a process in their thinking that is otherwise inhibited for the case of voodoo practitioners and ploppies, inhibited to some degree by the influence of morality, ethics and religion and surprisingly maybe even science and math.
so if that were the case, it would seem a freedom in one's mind to imagine all types of scenario's in a creative way is a good thing when planning some advantage tactic, thing is though that could leave one vulnerable to aspects that it would be wise to re-examine in the light of morality, ethics and religion, as those principles are often more efficient in protecting us against breaking the law than say a full lifetime of undertaking a study of law, sorta thing.