Statistics is good for modelling things that are simplistic & low dimensional. Machine learning is good for modelling things that are nuanced & high dimensional

Statistics is good for modelling things that are simplistic & low dimensional. Machine learning is good for modelling things that are nuanced & high dimensional. statisticians want to understand things but imho overestimate human ability to make sense of a complex world. machine learning people want the machine to understand the things for us and then teach us about it when it's making us breakfast.