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1/ We MUST start a conversation about "data bros / broettes."

These are people who subscribe to a kind of idiot-version of Humean empiricism. They have zero grasp of deduction/abduction, and they genuinely believe it is impossible to predict real outcomes without "The Data."
2/ For those don't know, here's a quick summary of deduction, induction, and abduction before we get into the weeds.

It's important to understand HOW we generally think and reason before we discuss WHAT we think and reason.
merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/…
3/ Next, here's a great overview of Hume (who was a genius), if you don't know what I mean by "idiot-version of Humean empiricism":
plato.stanford.edu/entries/induct…
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