Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think politicians know how to misrepresent data in order to support a political agenda. Politicians and the people that work for them - I should say - are expert at that.
The answers to today's most important scientific, business, and social problems lie in data.
While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future.
Facts and data, rather than opinion, are the two cornerstones of problem solving, and yet they are consistently withheld from the people by American media. We must have facts and data in order to recognize where there is a problem!
You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.
On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.
I like facts and data because they help me think clearly, beyond the cultural messages that I ingest unwittingly, and sometimes find myself regurgitating almost unconsciously.
Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.
There is more and more data indicating that there is a biological basis to your political views.
The value of having numbers - data - is that they aren't subject to someone else's interpretation. They are just the numbers. You can decide what they mean for you.