The Reality Club: THE END OF THEORY
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Saved by 1 people (-1 private), first by anonymouse user on 2008-06-30
- Imrchen on 2008-06-30 - Tags data mining , thinking , google
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My guess is that this emerging method will be one additional tool in the evolution of the scientific method. It will not replace any current methods (sorry, no end of science!) but will compliment established theory-driven science.
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I do not see why large amounts of data will undermine the scientific method.
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Sometimes it will be hard, or impossible, to discover simple models
explaining huge collections of messy data taken from noisy, nonlinear
phenomenon. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't try. Hypotheses aren't
simply useful tools in some potentially-outmoded vision of science;
they are the whole point. Theory is understanding, and understanding
our world is what science is all about.
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