tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652924.post7371719241455916989..comments2024-03-02T01:02:21.655-08:00Comments on Applied Data Science and <br>Machine Learning: KDNuggets Poll on "Data Mining" as a termDean Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16818000233889520746noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652924.post-73497844350725711912007-08-15T15:02:00.000-07:002007-08-15T15:02:00.000-07:00I voted for "Knowledge Discovery" in this poll. I...I voted for "Knowledge Discovery" in this poll. <BR/><BR/>I read somewhere where the mining analogy breaks down for some kinds of mining, e.g., where the treasure is scarce (the "nugget") and the other material is not ("plain rock"). <BR/><BR/>This argument, of course, is that data mining is like this kind of mining ("scarce treasure in dross material"), but the name is wrong since "data minersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com