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You don’t need “hard numbers” for everything. If you did, you would never be able to function in life. I don’t need scientific data to know that most bosses respond more favorably to flattery than employees walking into their offices and calling them clueless idiots. The essence of science is observation. And most knowledge comes through simple and consistent observation (like the child who eventually learns through observation that most of the population does not consider nudity an acceptable option for public attire).
If you notice a consistent pattern, and choose to completely ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist because this might offend someone or be unfair to the exceptions, you’re not being scientific or objective—you’re just being politically-correct and naive.
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