a mass of data is not worthless… what can be worthless is the conclusions one draws from them, for instance when one tries to remove the nuances the data contains by reducing it to simple generalizations…
« All science, all statistics is about reducing data to a generalization » : good luck substantiating that one…
when the generalization is clearly counterfactual, then it's not about « disliking » it, but about pointing out how it is not representative of facts…