> Members of The Church of Graphs live by one primary commandment: thou shalt not believe your lying eyes.

Ah, how familiar this is from some colleagues in tech.

Demands of evidence are asymmetric: make a bold claim that's aligned with the group, and it slips by; make a hint of a misaligned claim, and you get chided for not being a researcher in the field and spreading misinformation.

Ironically, it is a Scott Alexander post that articulates this phenomenon best: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/14/beware-isolated-demand...