This is exactly how HL should be used. I.e only use the points that fit the underlying assumptions not try to fit all the data.

Well, you can do that...but it ain't science, pal. In the words of a 70's glam-rock band, "You're fooling yourself and you don't believe it".

Wasn't it John F. Kennedy who said:

Ask not what your Delusion can do for you.
Ask what you can do to perpetuate your Delusion.

Well, it was something like that. :-)

Let's all do our part to perpetuate what ever delusions we have, lest they be forgotten and fall away into the dust bins of history.

Praised be the giver of all BS. Amen.

(BTW, there is overwhelming scientific evidence that my deity, the Holy BS Giver exists. Just look all around you. The proof is there. The Flying Spaghetti Monster, on the other hand, is a fraud. ;-)