Discussion on: What harmful habits do datascientists pick up over time?

forcing the data to "cry" i.e forcefully obtaining results that you want from data

This one is so tough. I get it all the time. "Well can't you look again. Try this very forceful twist on it.". It can be a tough fight.

If there's no correlation don't make one, and don't let leadership force you into thinking there is one.

Not exploring data enough

Getting familiarity with data takes time. Leverage experts of the business as much as possible. Get datasets small enough that they are digestable by tools the business experts are familiar with.