[vitiral]

This is a textbook example of The Strawman Argument.

I'm pretty sure the author is talking about "data" in the context of "databases", i.e. repositories of digital information that can be queried, transformed and displayed (dashboarded).

In other words the author is assuming the value of human's more natural data processing: common sense, personal experience and conversing with others (empathy).

If a process/feature/etc doesn't make sense within how you understand your product, then you can make an argument based on that. The argument will involve data (i.e. the current architecture) but not data in any database.

[jasode]

>I'm pretty sure the author is talking about "data" in the context of "databases",

Yes I agree and the "data metrics" was the interpretation I was commenting on. Instead of straw-man, I actually steel-manned what the author was trying to communicate in my other comment. (One has to read this thread's blog post combined with his previous blog entry to understand what the author means by "good argument".)