Exponential Growth Debate
Commenters debate whether observed growth patterns are truly exponential, linear, or part of an S-curve, questioning assumptions of unbounded exponential growth and extrapolation risks.
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But... but... the exponential growth!
Doesn't all growth have an exponent?
you seem to take exponential growth from granted, I'm not sure why. this seem to be the exception, not the rule.
Why do you assume that exponential growth curve is real?
It's weird, it's almost like this is following the exponential growth that literally everyone said it would.
There is no such thing as truly unbounded exponential growth, it's always an S curve
Exponential growth is like that
Why exponentially? Seems like linear growth to me.
All apparent exponential growth is just an S-curve we haven't found the inflection point of yet.
They're talking about exponential growth in general, i think.