We often hear the expression "the evidence speaks for itself” as part of an argument. One, evidence cannot "speak" for itself, it's an inanimate object most of the time and two, it's the name we gave to a body of facts that we believe to be consistent with a point of view; most times the point of view we agree with. It is also a logical fallacy, the fallacy of reification. We draw conclusions from evidence to explain our thoughts, but as I said before, most of the time evidence is inanimate and cannot verbalize thoughts. Basically, something to make someone laugh out loud when they here this phrase.
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