> Statistics is the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data. Isn't that more or less what human brains do? I

> Statistics is the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data. Isn't that more or less what human brains do? I think you have expanded the meaning of statistics beyond what is understood in the article. The originally understood meaning is "numerically/theoretically justifiable inferences given a set of input data." Now you're taking it to mean "any data-processing pipeline." By this large and more abstract definition, here are some more things that are based on statistics: - tabloid newspapers - religious sermons - sundials - televisions