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Another linguistic innovation[0] -- the idea that things that have been around for a long time are more likely to persist for another long time. [0]: https://e
by gottorf 2mo ago
Another linguistic innovation[0] -- the idea that things that have been around for a long time are more likely to persist for another long time.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
- shimman 2mo agoThis feels like a stupid heuristic to use if applied to biological forces.
- ternaryoperator 2mo agoIn the definition of it, living things are specifically excluded.
- bryanrasmussen 2mo agoit seems however some things that are not excluded are just one step removed from biological entities, hence >comedians do not have a fixed amount of comedic material to spread over TV appearances, but rather, the more appearances they make, the more future appearances they are predicted to make sure, but earlier it says that it does not apply to humans because the Lindy effect would imply that a 100 year old would have more life left than an 11 year old, which is counterintuitive, but the example given above would imply George Burns had more television appearances left to do at the age of 99 than Macaulay Culkin at the age of 9, which is just a layer of abstraction laid over the biological age property.