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Whenever he says "polynomial", he actually means "exponential", right? Economic growth over the last couple of centuries looks pretty exponential, at least.
by DominikPeters 11y ago
Whenever he says "polynomial", he actually means "exponential", right? Economic growth over the last couple of centuries looks pretty exponential, at least.
- ScottBurson 11y agoYeah, I think so. In fact, I get the feeling that he originally wrote "exponential", and someone talked him out of it. I'm as opposed to the misuse of "exponential" as anyone -- and it is frequently misused by science journalists and others -- but in this case I think it is appropriate. For one thing, polynomials don't have a flat left tail!
- runesoerensen 11y agoClarified here https://twitter.com/paulg/status/683389603877789696 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/683389603877789696 "I'm claiming only that technology grows as f(x) = x^n, not f(x) = n^x."