Caesar recognized the omens, but he didn't believe they applied to him.
If there's a major foreign policy event, the President gets on TV, the Congress doesn't.
People have different ways of interpreting history.
We speak for them. We imbue them with meaning.
When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an Internet meme. Or be parodied by 'The Onion' - or be the subject of a cartoon in 'The New Yorker.' I guess I'm kind of an outlier there.
I don't think you should limit what you read.