We cook the facts. There are many different techniques for collecting, interpreting and analysing facts, and different techniques often lead to different conclusions, which is why scientists can disagree...When facts challenge our favoured conclusions, we scrutinize them more carefully and subject them to more rigourous analysis.
‘Who are YOU?’ said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, ‘I – I hardly know, sir, just at present – at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.’