Klaas — “This is a serious problem for modern data…”

Source: Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters — Brian Klaas

Book page: klaas-fluke

From: Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters — Quotes

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This is a serious problem for modern data analysis because most research efforts only collect data for variables that are already considered important. But in a complex system, as we’ve seen, seemingly insignificant details matter. Those aren’t included in the data, which is one reason why we keep getting it wrong as we search for big, clear-cut causes to predict big, clear-cut effects.