Originally Posted by bradthepilot

The issue I have is that people state their opinions as facts. For example, your statement of

...is stated as though it were fact. It's not. It's not quantifiable, nor it is provable. Data science is fine with opinions, if they are stated as such - indeed, when positioned as a hypothesis they become the fulcrum on which data is used to further learning and understanding. But we get into trouble when we state our opinions to be facts.