It is often said that experiments must be made without preconceived ideas. That is impossible. Not only would it make all experiments barren, but that would be attempted which could not be done. Fate laughs at probabilities. The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action.
Statistics are the food of love.
Probably knows no statistics whatever. It is concerned with things we can count. Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds . Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go, and informed by fairly good judgment.