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[yequalsx]

I disagree with your use of "prove" when you wrote

Using "elaborate statistical techniques" one can prove pretty much whatever one wants to prove.

One may be able to massage data and create a nice looking chart to give an incorrect impression to unsuspecting people. This does not constitute a proof and it certainly won't pass muster with others who look at the same data and do their own statistical analyses.

[oortcloud → yequalsx]

"prove" should have been in scare quotes.

[yequalsx → oortcloud]

Sure, but he point I made still stands. You can't pull shenanigans with the data when other experts look at it as well.