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Why are we down-voting this post? The argument seems logical. Respond with counter-points instead, please..

>> There is no way you could know this and every indication to the contrary.

> Why are we down-voting this post?

Responding to that will certainly not lead to new insights or good discussion. I did respond to the other point.

It's a pretty valuable insight that adding friction to any system slows down the system more than the sum of it's parts.