To me the issue is what people read in data. There are many suffering numberitis or they trust ANY number or "data" completely ignoring how it was established,

To me the issue is what people read in data. There are many suffering numberitis or they trust ANY number or "data" completely ignoring how it was established, errors and so on. Some even read the summary of an article stating their conclusion came from a certain dataset and do not even try to see that said dataset. It's not a "data" issue per se of course, but it's still an issue coming from the present data-bound way of thinking where many seems to have lost the ability of reasoning with their own mind. I generally suggest anyone rediscover the old Abraham Wald anecdote https://www.cameronmoll.com/journal/abraham-wald-red-bullet-holes-origin-story https://www.cameronmoll.com/journal/abraham-wald-red-bullet-... before taking stanzas on data.