My, they've come a long way in nature programs since Marlin Perkins. "Eww, that's disgusting. But the honey badger doesn't give a s$&t." :-)

But math also does not give a s$&t. I had this debate with someone on another board just two weeks ago. He kept asking me whether or not I could form an opinion about projections from the Bayesian analyses that were being bandied about. I kept telling him that my opinion did not matter. Math doesn't care about my opinion. Math simply is. It doesn't give s$&t. He couldn't seem to grasp that (or didn't want to).

I think you are correct. A lot of denialists (of whatever...election polling, climate change, etc) toss the stuff they don't like to reach the conclusion they want. Done properly the math will give you the answer, and it doesn't care whether or not you like it.

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