"Is advanced machine learning a very complicated way of reproducing the results of trivial forecasting methods? In many cases it appears this is the case." If

"Is advanced machine learning a very complicated way of reproducing the results of trivial forecasting methods? In many cases it appears this is the case." If by "many cases" you mean "the one example I looked at which was carried out by an undergrad" than sure. That sort of phrasing really gives away the author's bias.