> First of all, data is science just as much as people are ... False choice. Science is neither data nor people, it's what we do with the data. Data by itself

> First of all, data is science just as much as people are ... False choice. Science is neither data nor people, it's what we do with the data. Data by itself is nothing without a falsifiable theory that tries to explain the data. How hard is it to say that science is disciplined reality-testing, and if reality disagrees with your theory, you must abandon the theory?