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Here are a few other salient points for me:

Wiki MarkupAt the end of the discussion I felt pessimistic.    The level of discourse around science is even worse than I thought.    Andy pointed out that years ago we had debates around the KW part of the DIKW model, now we debate the D.    And, in some cases not only is D irrelevant, citing D reinforces a contrary belief.    Alice quoted, "Head-on attempts to persuade can sometimes trigger a backfire effect, where people not only fail to change their minds when confronted with the facts - they may hold ther wrong views more tenaciously than ever."  \  [Chris Mooney\]

We need stories and narratives to illustrate what data has enabled.  This is not always easy for geeks to convey.

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