I wrote a nice, thought out response to this (which my browser ate), and now after reading the rest of this thread I feel like a dupe cause it was all a joke by someone who I guess has more cred than me here.
Karsten, is your point that if you don't think something is worthwhile, then it must be a waste of time? I'm sure glad all those people building bikes over the years thought like that, and never wasted their time thinking about frame geometry or spoke tension or metal fatigue or anything else that might involve math, and just said **** it and rode their bikes instead.