I'm not sure if I get it. Data has always been used to generate observations about the world, which is the starting point for the scientific method. I'm remin

I'm not sure if I get it. Data has always been used to generate observations about the world, which is the starting point for the scientific method. I'm reminded of how Kepler used volumes of data to figure out the planetary orbits. http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html