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It’s an epistemology / ontology question, as folks familiar with the humanities would spot in little time. Aka it’s not “data” until something empowers the crea
by foolrush 7y ago
It’s an epistemology / ontology question, as folks familiar with the humanities would spot in little time. Aka it’s not “data” until something empowers the created metric a meaning.
The map is not the territory.
https://www.amazon.com/Raw-Data-Oxymoron-Infrastructures/dp/0262518287 https://www.amazon.com/Raw-Data-Oxymoron-Infrastructures/dp/...
- bravura 7y agoI know what all those words mean, I've studied critical theory, and I have no idea what your point is.
- itronitron 7y agowhenever I hear the word ontology I reach for my dictionary
- diehunde 7y agoIt's starting to become a buzzword in data science too
- ellius 7y agoI think the point is that "data" is useless until it becomes "knowledge," and that turning data into knowledge is a complicated and philosophical act. Business being business, most of the people running the show were never interested in the deeper questions of how to create knowledge. They just wanted a new arrow in the quiver. Once they realized the cost of actually doing the work, it became much less appealing.
- huac 7y agoThe map and the territory are pretty basic terms, right? There's a Wikipedia article on it, even: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map%E2%80%93territory_relation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map%E2%80%93territory_relation