Bullshit 2.0
Bullshit 2.0
Bullshit has been theorised as a special epistemological category, focusing on lying and assertion, and its social function. This paper considers how the category applies in the big data world, to data, information and knowledge, where a lot of data purports to describe the world, but (when interpreted) is in fact bullshit. This is less of a data quality issue than about the sociology of data creation.
Bullshit, Data, Information, Knowledge, Ethics, truth, lying, deception, Data Science, Big Data
University of Southampton
O'Hara, Kieron
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August 2018
O'Hara, Kieron
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O'Hara, Kieron
(2018)
Bullshit 2.0
Southampton.
University of Southampton
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Abstract
Bullshit has been theorised as a special epistemological category, focusing on lying and assertion, and its social function. This paper considers how the category applies in the big data world, to data, information and knowledge, where a lot of data purports to describe the world, but (when interpreted) is in fact bullshit. This is less of a data quality issue than about the sociology of data creation.
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Published date: August 2018
Keywords:
Bullshit, Data, Information, Knowledge, Ethics, truth, lying, deception, Data Science, Big Data
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