Yes, with one detail -- data always predates mythology. To quote myself :D:

"It goes without saying that even if you first learned the myth and only later observed the facts for yourself, the myths were weaved from observations of facts by people who either updated an already existing myth or had no myth at their disposal to begin with and created the myth from scratch."

The full article is here:

https://senderspike.medium.com/modern-mythology-52498801ab24

Thanks for inspiration ;)