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NPR should know better and only use the rigorous mathematical definition of the term exponentiality? If they would’ve said “an order of magnitude higher”, you
by quickthrowman 6y ago
NPR should know better and only use the rigorous mathematical definition of the term exponentiality?
If they would’ve said “an order of magnitude higher”, you would be bitching that 8x higher isn’t even a single order of magnitude. You just want to complain.
Words have flexible definitions outside of academics and science, let it go. It saddens me when pedantry is the top comment on an HN post.
- DC-3 6y agoI refer you to my previous reply: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23311027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23311027
- caseysoftware 6y agoConsidering this article is specifically about the math and numbers behind the situation, we need them to use the numbers and terminology correctly.