>> And no, motivation doesn't actually matter. Only facts and interpretation do.

> Of course it matters. Ulterior motives in science have reliably blinded people from facts for hundreds of years.

The ulterior motives in question are not blinding people to data. They're exposing data.

"I want to see all the data to prove them wrong" is valid no matter why the person wants to prove them wrong. If they're wrong, they're wrong, regardless of why the person went to the effort.