Exponential Growth Debate
Comments revolve around the power, unintuitiveness, and mathematical details of exponential growth, with users debating if phenomena are truly exponential, quadratic, or superexponential, and cautioning against underestimating exponentials.
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Isn't that mathematically exponential, just with a larger base?
Don't underestimate the exponential.
don't underestimate exponentials
Sure but what's the exponent?
The exponentiation signs got lost in your quote. Would you mind adding them back in?
Exponentials are very unintuitive.
Oops. Should be exponentially. :(
You know double is exponential right?
Wouldn't that be quadratic rather than exponential?
Exponentials are a hell of a thing.