The chess analogy seemed to go over your head. It's not about the value of chess theory, but about you repeatedly wanting to assume the person you are talking to is stupid, and throwing out your own straw man theories of what they are thinking, rather than actually engaging in discussion.
If someone was explaining to you why a particular chess move was good, then it'd be reasonable to assume they have some familiarity with chess, but your approach would be to trot out your (newly learned?) "cargo cult" accusation, and wonder why they think screwing the center of the board to the table is a good thing, or as you have just done, assume that they are too dumb to have any familiarity with book openings.
You are obviously young, and as you get older you will realize that experience does matter. Future you in 10 years time will hopefully (if you pay attention to your craft, whatever that may be) be smarter and more capable than current you, and future you in 20 years a level-up from that.
You ask to not make this personal, but you made it personal right from the start of your response, throwing out straw man arguments and cargo cult accusations. It's a bit ridiculous to then come back and say "don't make it personal". So, rather than give you a technical discussion, I'm giving you the one you are really asking for.
If someone was explaining to you why a particular chess move was good, then it'd be reasonable to assume they have some familiarity with chess, but your approach would be to trot out your (newly learned?) "cargo cult" accusation, and wonder why they think screwing the center of the board to the table is a good thing, or as you have just done, assume that they are too dumb to have any familiarity with book openings.
You are obviously young, and as you get older you will realize that experience does matter. Future you in 10 years time will hopefully (if you pay attention to your craft, whatever that may be) be smarter and more capable than current you, and future you in 20 years a level-up from that.
You ask to not make this personal, but you made it personal right from the start of your response, throwing out straw man arguments and cargo cult accusations. It's a bit ridiculous to then come back and say "don't make it personal". So, rather than give you a technical discussion, I'm giving you the one you are really asking for.