I see these conspiricy theories almost as often as the QUITTER!, and bad meter forum entries.
I have said it before, I'm a Master, and I do not see the crazy behavior. 100% of the time it was my Finger, Eye, or my thought process that caused whatever to happen, happen. Only on very few occasions have I seen where the outcome of a given stroke may have been influnced by the V.E.M. my nickle.