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The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete
Illustration: Marian Bantjes “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” So proclaimed statistician George Box 30 years ago, and he was right. But what choice did we have? Only models, from cosmo
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Stephanie
Information science is still just science.
This is however, exactly why machine learning is a so effective. You don't even need intelligence to learn useful information and reactions, just the right set of steps to follow and a great data set.
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November 8, 2019
Animal Energy
Yeah it seems like removing the need to form a hypothesis first, and instead embrace more exploratory models due to size of data sets and processing power / algorithmic advancement, is being interpreted here as "making the scientific method obsolete" which feels like somewhat of a stretch, although ... View More
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November 8, 2019