YES There are countless debates I've been a part of, on various topics, with parties involved cling to outliers as proof of their position, even in the face of

YES There are countless debates I've been a part of, on various topics, with parties involved cling to outliers as proof of their position, even in the face of actual statistical data. Words like "average" or "likelihood" don't seem to mean anything to them...only narrow anecdotes that are impossible to argue against without using statistics. Example: I've debated someone that men are on average taller than women. They refused to accept this because they "know plenty of tall women." And their rejection of statistics and the notion of "on average" can be summed up by: "there is no 'average' person."