At a more fundamental level, in spite of what Chris Anderson has to say, science is about explanations, coherent models and understanding. In my opinion, all of what Anderson shows is that, if you have enough data, you can develop technologies without having a clear handle on the underlying science; however, it is wrong to call these technologies science, and argue that you can do science without coherent models or mechanistic explanations.
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