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Theory and Petabyte Science

November 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I recently came across an article in Wired, “The End of Theory: Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete“. To sum it quite quickly: the volumes of data available to entities such as Google allow analysis of data without hypotheses, facilitating scientific progress without the need for theory. I find the article troubling since someone [...]

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