Yes, agreed, 

> On Jun 26, 2021, at 12:41 AM, glen ep ropella <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> So, my sense is not that there's a categorical leap brought on by *scale* so 
> much as a categorical leap caused by some sort of inter-disciplinary 
> facility. It's similar to the idea that robust reasoning is an interwoven 
> combination of in-, ab-, and de-duction. What I find disheartening is a kind 
> of "moralism", for lack of a better term. People tend to invest too much 
> faith in what they know, what's succeeded in the past, whatever the cool kids 
> are doing these days, etc. And what I think Bloom shows nicely is the 
> required kind of *agnosticism*, especially to where clues may lie, what 
> methods may lead to good product, etc.
> 
> It's the ability to commit to surveillance logging (e.g. sequencing every 
> strand that comes down the pipe, every modification to some R script, every 
> detail of every machine, etc.), ubiquitous induction and semi-automated 
> selection of induced artifacts, and a willingness to dive into that chaotic 
> ocean "on a mission". *That* ability/willingness is the categorical 
> disjunction.

The above is a good description of what I think I believe also.

Eric



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