i think you have a good point, especially concerning online play, where poker stats and such helps to make thin decisions which increaseed long term edges. but in person, i think such advantages are somewhat disabled.

but since iceman plays on cake where pt is incompatible, i think 'feel' ends up being substantively more valuable, especially if you can develop an ability to develop the ability to make a thin value bet, or push or whatever, without the aid of statistical information.