My nightmare: This [EDITED] got the Black Swan idea in reverse (WSJ):

http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/05/17/spotting-black-swans-with-data-science/

(reposted after editing my first reaction… more polite but not really)

Spotting Black Swans with Data Science
blogs.wsj.com
Traditional analytic models can’t keep up with today’s unprecedented volume and variety of data. The emerging field of data science, closely intertwined with the explosion of Big Data, aims for a better understanding of dynamic, complex systems through in-depth analysis across multiple data sets, an…

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