I think you’re missing the forest for the trees in my comment. I’m not really criticizing Data Science, the job function, but the field in general and the obsession over it.
Your last point kind of weighs in on a point I didn’t quite get to; that data can be found to reinforce any decision. If business wants to do X, they will have the data scientists prove to them that X is good. Data can be a huge force of tyranny in this way, this is where my disdain for the field comes from.
Your last point kind of weighs in on a point I didn’t quite get to; that data can be found to reinforce any decision. If business wants to do X, they will have the data scientists prove to them that X is good. Data can be a huge force of tyranny in this way, this is where my disdain for the field comes from.