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Data science predicting the value of wine

  • Writer: Thomas Thurston
    Thomas Thurston
  • Dec 30, 2012
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jul 24, 2023

Brief clip about Orley Ashenfelter – a classic data science icon (in our view) who stirred up controversy by developing an elegant equation to accurately predict the value of wines.  His story embodies how even the most basic science can be resisted and suppressed if it threatens a status quo built on pseudo-science.

What ignorance lacks in brains it can overcompensate for with teeth.



 
 

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