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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But my point is, why does that "all or nothing" standard apply to statistics, but not to news channels, newspapers, internet articles, etc.

[โ€“] cynar 1 points 1 day ago

Because statistics is a relative unknown to many people. Until people have a good grounding in statistics then they often have to rely on an appeal to authority.