Once again my attempt at humour falls flat on its face ... eventually, I'll take the hint and stop trying ...
Granted it's a while since I have dallied with SP IFR operations. Main background is 2-crew and 3-crew (and the occasional 4-crew when we needed to take a nav with us to hold our hands and help us get lost). I far prefer multicrew operation - you have someone to have a beer with on overnights and, when it works well, it works really well. On the other hand, when it falls in a heap, it does so to a greater extent than the SP operation.
A good pilot will use a level of automation appropriate to the situation
sums it up and that good pilot will slide the level adopted one way or the other according to the circumstances of the moment ... at the end of the day, the aim, having left A, is to arrive at B in a condition not materially different to that pertaining during the departure from A .. and not having sustained too many frights along the way ?