Yes, this is very true EZ old man, but the thread also serves another invaluable purpose in that it gently, yet succinctly, unearths tossers. In a tosser-free forum this thread would have occurred once and lasted a page at most with everyone quickly and reasonably agreeing that wood does (or maybe doesn't) affect tone to a lesser (or indeed greater) degree and, as its huge (or possibly infinitesimal) influence on tone is neither quantifiable nor, much more importantly, adjustable, and we'd all have scratched our heads, thoughtfully stroked our chins and retired affably to the pub.
Unfortunately, thirty pages in, we haven't got anywhere nearer an answer and that's simply because there isn't a definitive one, which is why people get so hot under the collar. Without @Muzz's spot on appeal for empirical evidence, of which there is none, that vacuum is filled with speculation and opinion, both of which are fine, as long as we realise that's what they are, speculation and opinions, neither of which, in my humble opinion, are hills worth dying on.