I’m not either, but since I came to this post from @shreedhar, I started to use the LAB lightness curve to remove haze instead of the haze removal tool, which I find too aggressive. Then, after the filmic tool arrival and its underlying theory about keeping the RGB proportions unchanged, I started to use an RGB curve instead of LAB, for that purpose.
PS: I’m delighted to learn about northern cultures through their sayings 