People always try to explain everything around them. This is our nature. People are trying to put everything into the language of numbers. People are trying to predict everything. Think about the meaning of fundamental analysis, about the forecasting of exchange rates, stock prices. Using the desire of people to foresee the future, statistics are often used as a tool for deception and not for the proof of truth. It's bad, it's appreciated, it's immoral, but they often useing us.