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"The best X's are curious and entrepreneurial." a) well okay, sure, for large swaths of X b) ...and so are the worst X's. And when X is "data science" we sho
by feralchimp 15y ago
"The best X's are curious and entrepreneurial."
a) well okay, sure, for large swaths of X
b) ...and so are the worst X's. And when X is "data science" we should be interested in telling those stories too
The leaked HBGary emails provide a pretty clear example of entrepreneurship destroying one particular curious mind's capacity for doing hard science. Money isn't evil, but it's a filter on perspective that in many, many people turns their capacity for skeptical research to absolute shit.
- spaznode 15y agoSince I work daily with a group of these "data scientists", I can only assume your comment indicates that you have no idea what you're talking about.
- pessimizer 15y agoThat's not an argument, just a weird insult.
- spaznode 15y agoYou're right, it was an insult. It is nonetheless still true.
- partition 15y agoCan I get some background on what the leaked HBGary emails are, I'm curious.
- omlette 15y agoi think youre confusing entrepreneurial with lack of integrity and mental discipline.