I clearly failed with the post (by not elaborating) on this point - I never meant forcing fake data where it's not possible. I'd still rather have this conversa

I clearly failed with the post (by not elaborating) on this point - I never meant forcing fake data where it's not possible. I'd still rather have this conversation: A: We should definitely do X! B: Why? Why not Y? A: Because I'm the authority in the room B: Well we talked to sales and customers and Y clearly has Z impact, on the other hand we saw no evidence of customers needing X. than A: We should definitely do X! B: Why? Why not Y? A: Because I'm the authority in the room B: Whelp, ok I guess