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Re:Be good-argument-driven, not data-driven by robertlagrant on Thursday September 01, 2022 @10:29AM (#32676765)
Data has CYA appeal.
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Re:Be good-argument-driven, not data-driven by bell-cot on Thursday September 01, 2022 @11:17AM (#32677604)
Needing to CYA also has pretty low emotional appeal for managers, exec's, and alpha-data-scientist wanna-be's. (Until it's just about too late, obviously.)

And recall Mark Twain's old quip about lies & statistics. The more & bigger data that the folks who control the data & analysis have, the easier it is to make sure that those meet their own emotional & political needs.

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Re:Be good-argument-driven, not data-driven by kylereeve on Thursday September 01, 2022 @02:26PM (#32680814)
Wasn't that Will Rogers?
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Re:Be good-argument-driven, not data-driven by blooalien on Thursday September 01, 2022 @03:21PM (#32681658)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statist...

I wonder if that's the quote they mean?

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Re:Be good-argument-driven, not data-driven by bell-cot on Thursday September 01, 2022 @03:43PM (#32681981)
Yep.
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