I find this thread very interesting.

From myself (since I suck in math these days), I can only add one thing here, though more of a philosophical matter:
There is no way anyone would ever break this curve, without first assuming that the curve can be broken.
At the other hand, assuming that this curve cannot and will never be broken, is the most irresponsible thing a bitcoin holder can do.

Of course currently EK can only crack a tiny (statistically almost non-existent) part of all the possible keys out there.
But he is obviously doing some more research.
From what I see, the guy is literally gathering a statistical data, hoping that maybe there is something about this curve that would make the balls more likely to end up in a certain places on the earth.
It might be a dead end, but you cannot blame him for trying. I personally appreciate it.