we live in a world of imperfect perceptions, observations, "data". of course to live and govern we need to refer to these things. there's nothing wrong with discussing, referring to, observations and data. 1/

but there's much wrong with pulling rank, collecting authority, demanding deference, insisting the observations to which you point, your aggregations and interpretations thereof, are reliable, the one true way of seeing and understanding the world, those who disagree are cretins to be suppressed. /f