Re:Is “data scientist” the new “programmer”?
by httpz on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:02PM
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Someone said any field with "Science" in the name isn't really a science. Computer science, data science, political science, social science, etc. Physics, chemistry, biology don't have science in their name.
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Re:Is “data scientist” the new “programmer”?
by mycorrhizal on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @09:41PM
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>> Someone said any field with "Science" in the name isn't really a science. Computer science, data science, political science, social science, etc
The etc. would also include cognitive science/neuroscience, medical science, earth science, material science, agricultural science, veterinary science, geoscience, food science, etc.
And of course as we all know climate science is fake./s
Generally when I hear a field with the word "Science" in the name I think of it as a more interdisciplinary field. Take Earth Science it draws on different areas of physics (ie wave physics), biology (ie ecology) and chemistry (ie kinetics). Earth science is still very much science it is just doesn't fit perfectly into the more foundational fields.
Re:Is “data scientist” the new “programmer”?
by denzil_correa on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:25PM
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> Someone said any field with "Science" in the name isn't really a science.
That's the most unscientific thing I've heard in a while ;)
Re:Is “data scientist” the new “programmer”?
by elcapitan on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:39PM
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Then there should be a field "Science studies" that combines both unscientific worlds.
Re:Is “data scientist” the new “programmer”?
by dekhn on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @08:59AM
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Physics, chemistry, and biology are all part of the Natural Sciences.
Re:Is “data scientist” the new “programmer”?
by haskellandchill on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:11PM
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Datistry?