Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.
The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts: the less you know the hotter you get.
For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances as though they were realities. and are often more influenced by things that seem than by those that are.
Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.