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> Is it unreasonable to say "more data allows me to make a better decision?" Yes. If you read data about A as data about B, more data will give you a worse und
by wodenokoto 6y ago
> Is it unreasonable to say "more data allows me to make a better decision?"
Yes. If you read data about A as data about B, more data will give you a worse understanding.
> It could be completely noise! But it is still data.
You are not technically wrong in saying that noise is data, but your implication that it is somehow better than no noise is wrong.
- alexpetralia 6y agoAh ok that make sense. As a more philosophical question, how do you know a priori if it is noise or signal? Wouldn't you have to look at it?
- wodenokoto 6y agoThe discussion in this thread is basically this: A says: “I like it when a candidate has a github, because it gives me and idea about how they code” B replies: “please don’t. My github code, like an unknown proportion of all github profiles, is hobby code and doesn’t follow any of the standards my professional code follows.” In this case, you need a prior that says “even if it looks legitimate, the data might be completely invalid and we cannot tell from the data”