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Going from almost zero to some small number may present a rate of increase that appears huge. Going from very large to even larger still may be a much lower ra
by logifail 4y ago
Going from almost zero to some small number may present a rate of increase that appears huge.
Going from very large to even larger still may be a much lower rate of increase.
Never let the facts get the way of a good headline?
- k__ 4y agoTrue. But I'd assume that most are just used by their creators.
- marcosdumay 4y agoWell, if you use relative rates of growth, following an exponential curve, yes, that happens. If you use absolute rates of growth, following a linear curve, no, that's bullshit. The article has no numbers, but appears very strongly to use the second definition.
- logifail 4y ago> If you use absolute rates of growth I'm not sure what an "absolute rate" (of growth) is, can you explain? Aren't growth rates usually (always?) expressed as a percentage change of a variable over time? How could that be anything other than relative?
- B8MGHCBekDuRi 4y agogrowth, definition: the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase. If something grows from 1 to 2 it doubled. If something grows from 100 to 101 its growth was 1%. In absolute terms it's the same amount. So you got it backwards.