The limits of phenomenology
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 06:30
in Mathematics & Economics
What's wrong with the science of science? Do the methods we use to explore new innovations in psychology, drug testing and engineering design really work? A new paper has troubling answers: Big Data isn't big enough to be useful. We face a problem with the empirical. We had best re-examine our confidence that conventional methods of scientific research can deliver real answers.