Why is "using statistics" mutually exclusive with "understanding"? It would help to carefully define terms. Note that "understanding" doesn't mean it's necessar

Why is "using statistics" mutually exclusive with "understanding"? It would help to carefully define terms. Note that "understanding" doesn't mean it's necessarily conscious. These systems learn high-level representations/abstractions of concepts we humans also use as part of our cognition. The concept of an object, an intuitive physics, the role of specific objects. I don't criticize him for using the word "understanding" to describe this.