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"Data science is powerful because it maximizes leverage in the presence of finite resources." Regular old "science" does that too.
by timr 13y ago
"Data science is powerful because it maximizes leverage in the presence of finite resources."
Regular old "science" does that too.
- seiji 13y agoHush. Their ego is trying to feel important. [Old Adjective] [Old Noun] = New Thing We Can Be Experts At Before Everybody Else! "DJ'ing is powerful because it maximizes sound combinations in the presence of finite source material."
- cmelbye 13y ago"Disc" and "data" aren't adjectives.
- seiji 13y agoWhat kind of science? Data. Data describes the science. So say we all.
- moocowduckquack 13y agonouns are commonly used as adjectives http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-adjective.htm http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-adjective.htm
- hnriot 13y agohe's not saying data science isn't regular old science. But processing lots of data points has made modern science much more powerful because of the availability of data.
- colbyh 13y agoAs opposed to non-data science, where they just make things up out of thin air? I think what you're trying to say is that "data science", as a field, is able to be much more productive these days because of an increased availability of pre-processed data. I'd completely agree! Unfortunately the author's statement does not reflect that idea at all (though I'd be lying if I said I understood what they were trying to get at). At the end of the day all science deals with data, and most data is, primarily speaking, of finite quantity, so I'm not exactly sure what leverage is being described here...