Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 months agoEveryone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professorwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEveryone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professorwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoI posted this in another thread on this article: The math is wrong. You can’t apply exponential growth to the proportion of a total. Growing from 1% to 2% (a 100% gain) is equally a reduction from 99% to 98%, a 1.01% drop. Going from 99% to 100% (a 1.01% gain) is equally a reduction from 1% to 0%, an infinite drop. Simple exponential modeling is the wrong tool.
I posted this in another thread on this article: