Goodhart's Corollary for Big Data: Data collected to answer a specific questionb becomes bad data. The only good data is data exhaust.
@psygnisfive Serendipitous science is the best science (X-rays from Roentgen, Penicillin etc.)
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@vgr serendipitous science has lead to wonderful discoveries, but no theories, afaik -
@psygnisfive Well, you can include "unexpected outcome" among serendipitous findings. Like M-M expt --> Relativity. - 6 more replies
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