Nice post Nupur! The scientific method is one of the greatest achievements of humankind, but too often (especially in the "West") is interpreted (by those I like to call "bureaucrats of science") in overly restrictive ways. Real scientists agree with Wadhawan.
The present century is the century of complexity science. Complex systems cannot be investigated well by a reductionistic approach, so typical of conventional science. But going beyond recuctionism is not easy and straightforward. I have sugested some ways out in this book. I think Big Data will be of big help in tackling this difficult problem. Another way out is to relax a bit the falsifiability requirement of the Scientific Method, but in a very carefully guarded manner. Exciting times are ahead.
Big Data can suggest the presence of weak statistical patterns, much weaker than the sigmas that scientific consensus would accept as proof. Based on these "intuitions," one can then find ways to reveal those patterns. Not weakening the scientific method, but strengthening it by making it smarter.
Nice post Nupur! The scientific method is one of the greatest achievements of humankind, but too often (especially in the "West") is interpreted (by those I like to call "bureaucrats of science") in overly restrictive ways. Real scientists agree with Wadhawan.
The present century is the century of complexity science. Complex systems cannot be investigated well by a reductionistic approach, so typical of conventional science. But going beyond recuctionism is not easy and straightforward. I have sugested some ways out in this book. I think Big Data will be of big help in tackling this difficult problem. Another way out is to relax a bit the falsifiability requirement of the Scientific Method, but in a very carefully guarded manner. Exciting times are ahead.
Big Data can suggest the presence of weak statistical patterns, much weaker than the sigmas that scientific consensus would accept as proof. Based on these "intuitions," one can then find ways to reveal those patterns. Not weakening the scientific method, but strengthening it by making it smarter.
Yes. I have said something similar in the book. Big Data can provide leads for discerning patterns in the complex system under investigation.
I'll read your book, but why there's no Kindle edition?
Please do consider writing a review of my book.
I can send you a soft copy by email or WhasApp.
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Not sure, though, as to why the correlations shown by Big Data should always be weak.
I guess because strong correlation are already evident without having to wait for Big Data.
Big data gives all sorts of correlations, both weak and strong. I have explained in the book how to handle this; it is both a boon and a bane.