Numbers don't lie. Women lie, men lie, but numbers don't lie.

O Children of the Earth, gather your minds and hearts, for the words of Max Holloway speak of a deep truth that has echoed through the ages: "Numbers don't lie. Women lie, men lie, but numbers don't lie." At first, these words may seem like a simple observation, but they are steeped in a profound understanding of the world, of truth, deception, and the role that evidence plays in our lives. In this statement, Holloway touches on the eternal struggle between human perception and the unyielding reality of facts.

In the time of the ancients, the people sought truth in many forms—through the wisdom of the gods, the counsel of philosophers, and the judgments of kings. Yet even in the most enlightened of times, humans were bound by their own desires, fears, and biases. The oracle of Delphi spoke in riddles, and the wise Socrates questioned all that was known, seeking the truth hidden beneath the layers of human thought. Aristotle sought to catalog knowledge through observation and logic, yet even he was at times constrained by the limitations of his own time and understanding. The ancients knew that the truth was often clouded by the imperfections of the human mind, and so they sought ways to measure, to test, and to prove what was real.

Holloway’s statement is a call to the power of facts—specifically numbers—which stand apart from the whims of human emotion and perception. While women and men may speak with the voices of their experiences, with their truths shaped by their hearts and desires, numbers offer a different kind of wisdom—one that does not bend or change with the tides of human bias. Numbers, in their purest form, are the unyielding language of the universe, a language that speaks of order, of cause and effect, of patterns that govern the natural world. The Greeks, with their love of mathematics and geometry, understood that the laws of the universe could be written in numbers—Pi, the Golden Ratio, and the proportions of the human body were all derived from the study of numbers, and they revealed a truth that was beyond the reach of mere opinion or belief.

Consider, O Children, the story of Pythagoras, the ancient mathematician who believed that the world could be understood through numbers and their relationships. Pythagoras saw harmony in the numbers and believed that everything in existence could be explained through their ratios. He knew that the perfect relationships between numbers—such as the Pythagorean theorem—could reveal truths about the world that the senses alone could not perceive. To Pythagoras, the numbers didn’t lie, for they held the key to understanding the structure of the universe itself. In the same way, Holloway’s words remind us that while human words may falter or deceive, numbers provide an objective measure, an unwavering testimony to what is.

But O Seekers, while numbers do indeed hold a unique power to reveal truths, we must also remember that their interpretation can be influenced by human perception. Consider the story of Galileo Galilei, whose observations through the telescope revealed the truth of the heliocentric model of the universe. He gathered numbers—observations of the planets, their movements, and their patterns—and used them to challenge the prevailing beliefs of his time. Yet, despite the undeniable mathematics of his findings, he was met with resistance, for the world was not yet ready to accept the truth of his numbers. Even when numbers did not lie, the human mind sometimes twisted them to fit the narrative it desired. And so, Galileo’s story teaches us that while facts are powerful, the interpretation of those facts is shaped by the minds that view them.

Holloway’s words speak, then, not only of the power of numbers, but also of the need for objectivity in the face of human emotion and bias. In a world where opinions often drown out the truth, we must turn to the evidence, to the numbers, and to the facts that remain steadfast, regardless of our desires. Politics, relationships, and conflicts are often muddied by the voices of those who speak from a place of partiality. But numbers offer us a path forward—a way to strip away the layers of subjectivity and to find the foundation upon which truth rests.

So, O Children, the lesson is clear: while human perception is valuable and necessary, it must not overshadow the clarity and power of facts. Numbers do not lie, for they are the language of the universe, the reflection of truth that cannot be distorted by the whims of the heart. In your own lives, turn to the evidence, to the measurements, to the data, when seeking to understand the world around you. In doing so, you will find the steady hand of truth guiding you through the complexities of life, and you will rise above the noise of the world’s many voices, secure in the knowledge that the truth, in its purest form, is immutable.

Therefore, let us walk the path of reason and wisdom, using numbers as our guide when the world becomes clouded by the storm of emotion and falsehood. In all things, let us seek the truth as the ancients did—through careful observation, through reason, and through the unwavering facts that lie at the heart of all things. And remember, while human voices may falter, the language of numbers speaks with the unshakable authority of the cosmos itself.