At the end of the day, statistics is about using a rationally consistent process to making decisions under uncertainty, but everyone (except the theoreticians)

At the end of the day, statistics is about using a rationally consistent process to making decisions under uncertainty, but everyone (except the theoreticians) tries to use it to make correct decisions, conjuring certainty from the ether, and then railing against anyone who disagrees with their choice of articles of faith. In applied statistics we find the bitter religious rivalries of science.