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.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
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.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
These situations are not necessarily solved by logic, because two people with great logic can have different worldviews, and be equally right .