Pointing out the limitations in data-driven arguments (that everyone should know & come to accept) doesn't actually move any particular position forward, since

Pointing out the limitations in data-driven arguments (that everyone should know & come to accept) doesn't actually move any particular position forward, since using data-driven arguments is agnostic to any particular position. So at best, the argument this article posits is: Pinker isn't right, but I don't know who is