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One mammoth - 2 boars, three mammoths - 8 boars, ten mammoths - 1024 boars? That's what exponential means. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

• shawabawa3 7y ago
  He said exponential returns on effort. i.e. Hunting a rabbit = 1 unit of effort and 1 unit of meat A boar = 4 units of effort and 16 units of meat A mammoth = 8 units of effort and 256 units of meat So it actually kind of makes sense here
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  • grawprog 7y ago
    Fair point to the poster above. The ratios may not be entirely exponential but yes, your analogy is the point I was trying to make.
  • red75prime 7y ago
    Then can we expect that if blue whale hunt requires 800 units of effort, we can feed entire observable universe with its meat? I understand what was said, I just don't like when people use "exponential" as a synonym for "huge". There's nothing inherently exponential in meat to effort ratio.