Data (of whatever size) is never truth. It is a means of testing hypotheses.
Big Data Is Not Truth
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#12Before Big Data disappears into the background as another fact of life, Ms. Crawford said, “We need to think about how we will navigate these systems. Not just individually, but as a society. http://xkcd.com/1215/
There should be an xkcd about reposting xkcd when you can't add something meaningful to the conversation yourself.
It's true it isn't high-effort. That said, referencing xkcd (if not done solely for the humor) can be a nice way of succinctly presenting an idea that you would have made a mess of explaining yourself.
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#13Before Big Data disappears into the background as another fact of life, Ms. Crawford said, “We need to think about how we will navigate these systems. Not just individually, but as a society. http://xkcd.com/1215/
There should be an xkcd about reposting xkcd when you can't add something meaningful to the conversation yourself.
Almost: http://xkcd.com/307/
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#14It's articles like this one that make me wonder why anyone is submitting pieces from the NYT, et al. Their audience is simply not HN's audience.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
There should be an xkcd about reposting xkcd when you can't add something meaningful to the conversation yourself.
It's true it isn't high-effort. That said, referencing xkcd (if not done solely for the humor) can be a nice way of succinctly presenting an idea that you would have made a mess of explaining yourself.
I know and I sympathize. It's just that xkcd is so condescending sometimes and I wanted a good way to let that know.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
There should be an xkcd about reposting xkcd when you can't add something meaningful to the conversation yourself.
It's true it isn't high-effort. That said, referencing xkcd (if not done solely for the humor) can be a nice way of succinctly presenting an idea that you would have made a mess of explaining yourself.
I agree with you. It takes nearly no effort to digest, and xkcd has a strong selection of 'debate-memes' to choose from on making intelligent points.
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#17The whole piece reeks of FUD to me. What I would gather from taking the article at face value is: According to Myths #2 and #3, big data is classist, racist and sexist. According #5 and #6, Big Data is actually Big Brother. #1 points out that Big Data isn't The Next Big Thing, because it's actually old news. There's plenty of genuine problems with Big Data, but the article seems to be more concerned with playing on p…
FUD is probably the wrong word.
Quentin Hardy has spent his life in the publishing industry. He's likely a strong verbal thinker.
That's exactly the sort of person who hates statistical reasoning.