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> The Lindy effect applies to "non-perishable" items It's the 2nd sentence in the article. So not sure using examples of perishables shows it is a terrible heu
by ramblerman 6y ago
> The Lindy effect applies to "non-perishable" items
It's the 2nd sentence in the article. So not sure using examples of perishables shows it is a terrible heuristic.
It applies to ideas/cultures/technologies.
- edanm 6y agoWell yes, but not only. I think there are examples where it applies to living organisms too. E.g. a few hundred years ago, a human who lived past the age of 5 would be more likely to grow to be 40, afaik. I was mostly pointing this out because a lot of people in the comments seem to be talking about this as if it's some kind of universal law, or a proposed universal law, when really this applies to only exceptional circumstances.