I'm not debating the veracity or effectiveness of the data itself though. Your original argument was regarding people's reaction to data, the actual human element itself.
You can't eliminate the human element from any of it BECAUSE of the fact that it's always there. It's always a factor.
I get what you're saying, I hate it when people ignore, disregard, misuse, misunderstand, or skew good data too. I'm just saying that dealing with that element is part of dealing with data. Data is meaningless unless the people looking at it understand it, know what it means, where it came from, understand what it shows and to an extent what it can be used for.