As I understand azth's objection, it basically means "This data has been stripped of all context that could make it meaningful". Which is to say it's a shocking

As I understand azth's objection, it basically means "This data has been stripped of all context that could make it meaningful". Which is to say it's a shocking, but ultimately useless graph. You can say there's no way to read it as indicating things should stay the way they are. I believe azth's point is that there's no way to read it as saying anything coherent at all. (EDIT: Typo.)