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Artificial Diamonds are Still Diamonds

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As a reply to the commentary (Lenhard in Found Sci, 2012), we stress here that structural understanding of data analysis techniques is the natural counterpart to the lack of understanding of phenomena in agnostic science. We suggest moreover that the dynamics of computational processes, and their parallels with the dynamics of natural processes, will increasingly be, possibly, the driving force of the development of data analysis.

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  1. Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, CA, 92866, USA

    Domenico Napoletani & Daniele C. Struppa

  2. IHPST, UMR 8590 CNRS, University of Paris 1, ENS Paris, Paris, France

    Marco Panza

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Napoletani, D., Panza, M. & Struppa, D.C. Artificial Diamonds are Still Diamonds. Found Sci 18, 591–594 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-013-9333-z

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