Increase of data and development of science

Despite what it may seem, some indicators show that during the last quarter of twentieth-century science has been in the state of stagnation and there is less news about big discoveries. However, this period has seen a vast increase in time and money spent on research as well as real augmentation in the number of scientists and articles. Moreover, due to the new tools, hardware, and software, there is a huge amount of data, from microphysics and astronomy to biology and social science, in the disposition of researchers. This article considers those indicators, asks of its causes, and concentrates on relationship between increase of data and development of science. It proposes that development of science depends on testable hypotheses, but massive data and considering more variants make the very act of hypothesizing more difficult. In other words, having more experimental backing does not always contribute to scientific progress, sometimes it becomes an obstacle.