[FRIAM] Big data forensics
David Eric Smith
desmith at santafe.edu
Fri Jun 25 16:25:38 EDT 2021
Yes, agreed,
> On Jun 26, 2021, at 12:41 AM, glen ep ropella <gepr at tempusdictum.com> wrote:
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> So, my sense is not that there's a categorical leap brought on by *scale* so much as a categorical leap caused by some sort of inter-disciplinary facility. It's similar to the idea that robust reasoning is an interwoven combination of in-, ab-, and de-duction. What I find disheartening is a kind of "moralism", for lack of a better term. People tend to invest too much faith in what they know, what's succeeded in the past, whatever the cool kids are doing these days, etc. And what I think Bloom shows nicely is the required kind of *agnosticism*, especially to where clues may lie, what methods may lead to good product, etc.
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> It's the ability to commit to surveillance logging (e.g. sequencing every strand that comes down the pipe, every modification to some R script, every detail of every machine, etc.), ubiquitous induction and semi-automated selection of induced artifacts, and a willingness to dive into that chaotic ocean "on a mission". *That* ability/willingness is the categorical disjunction.
The above is a good description of what I think I believe also.
Eric
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