Approaching Determinism Through Data

Some believe life is determined by the higher force–anything that happens is out of one’s control and one cannot escapes this unimaginable force.

At first, this concept reinforce with what most data scientists believe, data can illustrate patterns, and those patterns lead to the predictable outcomes. For example, Netflix can utilize user’s viewing behavior to predict the next most interested content to the user. Even for the best algorithms, achieving 100% accuracy in real-world predictions is impossible.

If Netflix reports 80% successful recommendation, doesn’t that 20% unpredictability leave room for individuals to dictate their life in a difference way?

Data gives us the opportunity to be independent from what seems to determine us.