Let's not ignore the larger issue. Data science is not science. It's a title that was made up by some clever people to manipulate their way into high-paying jobs.
Doing some fancy math on data or running a few gigs of garbage through an algorithm, does not make you a scientist. It makes you a script kiddy with some math skills whoopdy friggin' do. Most of what "data scientists" call science is an insult to the great and noble effort that is science.
So, what is science? Well, science is not data, and science is not something that is done on or to data. Science is a great art that uses data as a tool for discovery, and here's where I think the definition of science is lost on "data scientists". Discovery? Discovery of what? A data scientist will tell you it's about the discovery of value and how to extract it. Oh really? That's a load of b.s. if I've ever heard one. No, the data in science (real science) is used to discover fundamental laws of the universe. These laws make the universe simpler and easier to understand. The stuff data scientists sell you makes nothing simpler. They just offer suggestions based on questionably-calculated probabilities while feeling their way around in the dark along with everyone else. The only hypothesis of the data scientist is "this data model will help me keep my job."
Sorry if this sounds biting or bitter, but the bullshit people perpetuate to con money out of others evokes an emotional reaction in me.
Let's not ignore the larger issue. Data science is not science. It's a title that was made up by some clever people to manipulate their way into high-paying jobs.
Doing some fancy math on data or running a few gigs of garbage through an algorithm, does not make you a scientist. It makes you a script kiddy with some math skills whoopdy friggin' do. Most of what "data scientists" call science is an insult to the great and noble effort that is science.
So, what is science? Well, science is not data, and science is not something that is done on or to data. Science is a great art that uses data as a tool for discovery, and here's where I think the definition of science is lost on "data scientists". Discovery? Discovery of what? A data scientist will tell you it's about the discovery of value and how to extract it. Oh really? That's a load of b.s. if I've ever heard one. No, the data in science (real science) is used to discover fundamental laws of the universe. These laws make the universe simpler and easier to understand. The stuff data scientists sell you makes nothing simpler. They just offer suggestions based on questionably-calculated probabilities while feeling their way around in the dark along with everyone else. The only hypothesis of the data scientist is "this data model will help me keep my job."
Sorry if this sounds biting or bitter, but the bullshit people perpetuate to con money out of others evokes an emotional reaction in me.