Re:Nate Silver to would-be data scientists: Don’t sweat the ...
by ig1 on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @09:31AM
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Data science is about building testable models, which fundamentally is what science is about.
What probably makes you uncomfortable is that Data Science (unlike most scientific fields) doesn't have a requirement for the models to make intuitive sense to humans.
What probably makes you uncomfortable is that Data Science (unlike most scientific fields) doesn't have a requirement for the models to make intuitive sense to humans.