> Gee why would anyone base their views on large-scale phenomena on statistical evidence!? Why don't I just base my ideas on what's culturally popular and which

> Gee why would anyone base their views on large-scale phenomena on statistical evidence!? Why don't I just base my ideas on what's culturally popular and which notions give me warming feelings!? 'number of humans' is a statistical measure, not a huggy feeling, you dolt. You are the living definition of selection bias. And for proof: > There's absolutely no evidence that the source's raison d'etre is to promote the free market. https://iea.org.uk/about-us https://iea.org.uk/about-us - they explicitly say it themselves. Stop calling other people amateurs and bubble-dwellers; you're in no fit state to make such accusations.