Gene Linetsky@GeneLinetsky·Mar 19, 20162020+: dataQuote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 19, 201610,000 BC to 1900 AD: legends. 1900-2000: urban legends. 2000+: data legends.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 19, 2016Replying to @GeneLinetsky@GeneLinetsky the bs will always grow faster than the data... it's an arms race1
Gene Linetsky@GeneLinetsky·Mar 19, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr how is it a race when one contestant is guaranteed to win, according to you?1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @GeneLinetsky@GeneLinetsky all victories and losses are impermanent, but new games are possible. data v data legend --> X v. X-legend.6:57 PM · Mar 19, 2016
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 19, 2016Replying to @vgr@GeneLinetsky a new arms race will replace old before a matter is settled. So we still have creationism v darwin but it doesn't matter now1