How important is data to your current line of work or personal goals? What data do you typically use?

Have you ever tricked someone into incriminating themselves? If you haven$$t$,$ do you have any Internet examples $($like the man who puts glitter bombs into Amazon boxes he expects to be stolen$)?($Glitter Bomb $1\mathrm{.}0$ vs Porch Pirates, Mark Rober, YouTube, $2018)$

Think of a time you practiced for something challenging $($outside of school$).$ How much practice time did you invest? How much better did you perform with practice than you would have otherwise?