Are we witnessing the dawn of post-theory science?

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Are we witnessing the dawn of post-theory science?
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Does the advent of machine learning mean the classic methodology of hypothesise, predict and test has had its day?

how they trained a neural net on a vast dataset of decisions people took in 10,000 risky choice scenarios, then compared how accurately it predicted further decisions with respect to prospect theory. They found that prospect theory did pretty well, but the neural net showed its worth in highlighting where the theory broke down, that is, where its predictions failed.

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