Algorithms and Science

The following anecdote, perhaps apocryphal, is told about the great Danish physicist Niels Bohr:­­– Professor Bohr, I see you have a horseshoe hanging on the wall. Don’t tell me you believe in this kind of thing!­­– Don’t worry, I don’t believe in it at all, but I was told that it works even if you don’t believe in it. So it goes for the algorithmic revolution. Beyond the scepticism or infatuation of the day regarding the latest IT novelty hides one of those paradigm shifts dear to Thomas Kuh...