Why automation won't replace data scientists

Will we always need data scientists, or will the Data Science role be replaced by easy-to-use automated applications? Mikio L. Braun argues — compellingly — that data analysis is hard, and that the fact that it's easy to shoot yourself in the foot with automated tools — and convince yourself that the results are meaningful when they're not — means that human data scientists aren't going anywhere soon. (Via Mike Loukides.)