Data Driven
People with an expressed bias towards quantitative data aren't more rational that other humans. They don't make more rational decisions. You do not win them over by making a quantitative case. Data doesn't change minds. Emotional connection and shared goals maybe.
@mulegirltwitter.comThere is too much information in the world for everyone to calmly sift through the data, looking for the most rational, most correct answer. People are busy and emotional, and a good story is always more powerful and persuasive than ice-cold statistics.
Morgan Housel • Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
As a younger man, I always had a "data over feelings" view of the world, but after 15+ years of performing analytical testing, seeing data manipulated in every possible direction to fit personal biases and agendas, I now view feelings as the only thing that really matters.
motorhome laboratoriesx.comBeing data-driven has many merits, but its most debilitating flaws are that it favors certainty over speed and trains teams to look for subtle nuances that don’t exist 99% of the time.
Stay SaaSy • You Know What to Do
These situations are not necessarily solved by logic, because two people with great logic can have different worldviews, and be equally right .