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Change is Exponential, not Linear | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 580631  United States12/31/2008 05:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 583542 United States12/31/2008 07:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The "events" selected to appear in the first graph are totally arbitrary. Was the change from reptiles to mammals really the same as the change from computers to personal computers? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 575994It takes shorter time for steps in things like it took longer for the earth to form than to life, than to multicellular life, than to mammals. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 575994 Canada12/31/2008 07:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It takes shorter time for steps in things Quoting: Anonymous Coward 583542like it took longer for the earth to form than to life, than to multicellular life, than to mammals. I know that's what the graph is saying, but the steps are not the same. Lifeless earth to earth with life is a huge change, while computers to personal computers is a much smaller change. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 583542 United States12/31/2008 09:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It takes shorter time for steps in things Quoting: Anonymous Coward 575994like it took longer for the earth to form than to life, than to multicellular life, than to mammals. I know that's what the graph is saying, but the steps are not the same. Lifeless earth to earth with life is a huge change, while computers to personal computers is a much smaller change. yes, thats whjat exponential means thast the point of the graph to show theres change in progressively smaller amounts of time. |
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malu
 User ID: 578235 United States01/03/2009 02:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | synchronism Thread: 1908-2008 "By way of deception, thou shalt do war." Israel's Mossad "The truth shall set you free." U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Motto |
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| loosecannon
User ID: 585240 United States01/03/2009 03:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Change is exponential. Change is Glacial. Change comes in spurts of usually less than a dollar Quoting: Anonymous Coward 583276mostly true imo. Change cascades in avalanche moments of release mych like earthquakes responding instantly to long pent pressures. Creative destruction. A natural phenom and not at all an exponential process as some falsely perceive. |
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| Normal Is Subjective
User ID: 585285 Canada01/03/2009 03:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Change is exponential. Change is Glacial. Change comes in spurts of usually less than a dollar Quoting: Anonymous Coward 583276Change is really the only universal constant, the only variables are how much and how fast. I thought I'd beat the inevitibility of death to death just a little bit. |
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| malu
User ID: 578235 United States01/03/2009 07:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow! You throw ten dollar word around like you actually know what you're talking about. Too bad you don't. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 585203Wow! You throw A ten dollar word around like you actually know what you're talking about. Too bad you don't. idiot "By way of deception, thou shalt do war." Israel's Mossad "The truth shall set you free." U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Motto |
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