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Rod McLaren: Words that work · Jun 27, 2025

Data vs opinions vs memes

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27 June 2025 “ If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.” - Jim Barksdale and yet “ When the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right.” - Jeff Bezos and yet “ The @Tesla_AI robotaxi launch begins in Austin this afternoon with customers paying a $4.20 flat fee!” - Elon Musk , valuing meme narrative more than data. And the HiPPO…

27 June 2025

If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.” - Jim Barksdale

and yet

When the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right.” - Jeff Bezos

and yet

The @Tesla_AI robotaxi launch begins in Austin this afternoon with customers paying a $4.20 flat fee!” - Elon Musk, valuing meme narrative more than data.

And the HiPPO effect in all three.

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