Thanks Lonewolf 50, thanks for a sensible reply to my question, I realise I am getting a bit off subject.
"I have to fight like hell is to overcome any feeling of seat of the pants, since in IMC it can give me the leans and kill me via the classic death spiral"
I personally have flown in non visibility situations both without and with instrument training (the former nearly killing myself!) thus I appreciate how 'seat of the pants' flying does more harm than good in certain situations. Questions are often posed about the lack of basic 'flying' training of commercial pilots and it may be argued that in some situations a 'boffin' might do better than a 'flyer'?