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And the chart actually looks very close to linear

• e12e 6y ago
  Everything is linear on a log enough scale ;)
  • whymauri 6y ago
    It's not a log scale, though? It's just slightly unfortunate that the small curvature of the plot is hard to see.
  • d4mi3n 6y ago
    Going against the grain with this pun!
  • Laakeri 6y ago
    Not exponentials
    • greenshackle2 6y ago
      Uh? log(2^x) == xlog(2) which is linear?
      • tromp 6y ago
        if y = 2^x then taking logs of both x and y we have log y = 2 ^ log x, still an exponential relation. so it depends on whether "log enough scale" applies to both axes... Then there's functions like n -> 2^2^...^2 with an exponential tower of height n. That's doesn't become linear with any finite number of logs...
        • timy2shoes 6y ago
          If y = 2^x, then log y != 2^log x because of Jensen's inequality. You can take log of both sides to keep the equality, but applying the transformation inside of 2^() results in the equality turning into a strict inequality.
        • e12e 6y ago
          I'd say if the graph isn't linear, one of the axes aren't log enough...
  • skinkestek 6y ago
    Nice pun. Possibly also gets points for being a reference to number 6 in this classic list: https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html 6. (Mar's Law) Everything is linear if plotted log-log with a fat magic marker.
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