Google Begat the End of the Scientific Method?

TheSauce writes "In a fairly concise one-pager from Chris Anderson, at Wired, the editor posits that all of our current (or now previous) models for collecting data are dead. The content is compelling. It notes that we've entered the Age of the Petabyte — where one can collect immense amounts of data that are paradigm agnostic. It goes on to add a comment from the head of Google's R&D, that we need an update to George Box's maxim: 'All models are wrong, and increasingly you can succeed without them.' Have we reached a time where all of our tool-sets are now made moot by vast clouds of information and strictly applied maths?"

Comments

Re:Interesting, ranty, and wrong

[seandiggity]

If his rant is indicative about the future direction of science, we're all doomed. Unfortunately, the social sciences literature is full of this stuff. It takes real discipline and fortitude to get through training in the social sciences and not be seduced by this kind of rambling bullshit, without even mentioning the other obstacles. I've found this book a great resource, and a good primer on science and rationality, one I think Chris Anderson needs to read.

...and I think we're doomed for other reasons :)