> In all seriousness, why can't data science simply be about applying the scientific method in the realm of data analysis? I suppose someone who isn't very sma

> In all seriousness, why can't data science simply be about applying the scientific method in the realm of data analysis? I suppose someone who isn't very smart is staffing data analysts with little understanding of science. Most would assume that if you are getting paid to analyze all this valuable data, you would have some grounding in the scientific method.