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Dropping stuff and falling are good examples. If you're paying attention, anyway. I can still grab stuff that's fallen maybe 10-20 cm, but by 50-100 cm it's mov

Dropping stuff and falling are good examples. If you're paying attention, anyway. I can still grab stuff that's fallen maybe 10-20 cm, but by 50-100 cm it's moving way too fast.

StephanTLavavej 7y ago
And that's only quadratic growth, not exponential.
MiroF 7y ago
That's a terrible example, why would pick an explicitly sub-exponential relationship?
- bonzini 7y ago
  Because exponential is even worse.
  - mirimir 7y ago
    Right. Because it's not linear. The only truly exponential example that comes to mind is milk souring. But that's too slow, unless you keep notes.