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[davidw]

Seen on twitter today:

https://twitter.com/jeremyjarvis/status/428848527226437632

"A data scientist is a statistician who lives in San Francisco."

[sutterbomb → davidw]

Loved this. Another variation that HN will fight to the death over: A growth hacker is a marketer who lives in San Francisco.

[TallGuyShort → davidw]

BigDataBorat's classic: "Data Science is statistics on a Mac."

[jmount → davidw]

I like that. Even worse would be "an actuary who lives in SF."

[Bootvis → jmount]

What would that be?

Am I being dense?

[pessimizer → Bootvis]

I'm guessing it's saying that the new 'data scientist' is more an actuary than a statistician. Just a bunch of predictive models trying to enhance a bottom line more than anything else.

[daily → davidw]

This comment thread reminds me of the HN Parody http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/ :)

[jsun → davidw]

a doctor is just a biologist who works in hospitals