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> monotonically worse over time An orthogonal interrogation of course, but I pontificate: does specificity truly monotonically increase by specification of som

by elwell 7y ago

> monotonically worse over time An orthogonal interrogation of course, but I pontificate: does specificity truly monotonically increase by specification of some gradient being monotonic, making the modifier "monotonically" not merely monotonically increasing with grandiloquence?

elwell 7y ago
Okay, I was being annoying, but I would actually like to know what the difference between "monotonically worse" and "worse" is.
- al_chemist 7y ago
  "monotonically worse" means it never gets better. "worse" without "monotonically" means it may get better for a bit, but overall it will be worse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotonic_function https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotonic_function
  - elwell 7y ago
    Ah, thanks a lot!