Perhaps some here aren't familiar with the existence of a (relatively useless in my opinion) POV that pits symbolic systems against statistical methods. But it isn't a zero-sum game. Informed, insightful comparisons are useful, but "holy wars" are not. See also [1] for broad commentary and [2] for a particular application.
[1] https://medium.com/@jcbaillie/beyond-the-symbolic-vs-non-sym...
[2] https://past.date-conference.com/proceedings-archive/2016/pd...