Big data has always reminded me of the warning Jaron Lanier gives about the Turing test. Paraphrasing, it is "the only way for a computer to win the turing tes

Big data has always reminded me of the warning Jaron Lanier gives about the Turing test. Paraphrasing, it is "the only way for a computer to win the turing test is if you make yourself dumb enough for it to pass". Big data, and the expected revelations, feels like that to me...