Interestingly, I remember hearing much the same advice given, except in regards to Starcraft strategy. In Starcraft (as every strategy game) scouting has always

Interestingly, I remember hearing much the same advice given, except in regards to Starcraft strategy. In Starcraft (as every strategy game) scouting has always been incredibly important, particularly in the early game - you want to know what your opponent is up to, so you can react to it. But Day9 (a popular Starcraft commentator and player) once pointed out that there's no point scouting so early that there's nothing you could detect that would cause you to change your plan. Put mathematically, if P(X|Y) = P(X|~Y), then knowing Y really doesn't help.