Lookleft: my point, and that of some others, is that VFR pilots should have enough real experience of flight into IMC to:
(1) correctly identify a looming IMC situation developing BEFORE entering IMC, and,
(2) having identified the hazard, take immediate avoiding action.
Anecdotal evidence suggests to me that having the alleged intellectual tools to rationalise the situation, coupled with rarely practiced foggle or simulator training and perhaps an autopilot, leads one to the false belief that you can cope with IMC when it happenS to you.