"...Is there a way out of this polarisation? Must we simply choose between a politics of facts and one of emotions, or is there another way of looking at this s

"...Is there a way out of this polarisation? Must we simply choose between a politics of facts and one of emotions, or is there another way of looking at this situation?..." I feel extremely uncomfortable being put in the position of supporting populist, right-wing causes simply because the essayist is doing such a bad job, but here we are. This author did a terrible job of understanding and explaining whatever the hell it was that they were trying to understand and explain. Perhaps "Populists hate science! How can we live with them?" Heck with it. I'm not going to take the other side. There are a half-dozen problems with how the argument is set up. Anybody with a passing familiarization with "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics" should at least be able to set up a counter-argument or two. Statistical science is great. It's the foundation of much of the western economies. "Statistics", as that kind of numerical smorgasbord that's thrown around constantly in the media and politics where correlation and causation are the same? Not so much. If you can't see the difference, you really shouldn't be writing essays supposing to inform us on anything.