The "crystal ball" was my attempt at making an analogy for a situation in which the outcome is held equal. Perhaps it was unnecessary or clumsy as analogies go.

The "crystal ball" was my attempt at making an analogy for a situation in which the outcome is held equal. Perhaps it was unnecessary or clumsy as analogies go. Read my post and mentally strike out the crystal ball analogy, and to your point, a lot of what I was saying still holds true.