Why is it someone would "trust the math" when it comes to aerospace engineering, or doing taxes, or building bridges, but not when it comes to playing video poker?

Obviously, one can consult college aerospace engineers to figure out if a shuttle should work or an airplane will fly. One can consult accountants to see if tax calculations work. One can consult mechanical engineers to figure out if a bridge will hold weight.

But Alan feels it unnecessary to consult mathematicians to see if Rob Singer's video poker strategies will work for others.

All Alan would have to do is print up some of these columns and trot them over to the math department of his local universities. Doesn't seem like an other-worldly project -- not quite like finding Bin Laden.

But he chooses to not do this.

Let's list the possible reasons he doesn't want to do this.