I am 16, but I also suspend my disbelief on things like this. After all, it's only a game. My last post wasn't the kind of analysis and postulation that you were talking about, as you seem to think; I was merely informing you of what we already know. As for things that haven't yet been revealed, I tend to take a wait-and-see attitude...
But basically, if Max tells you something about OW, you believe him...
He must have a source for all his information, although we have yet to discover it...