tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post2634726523356082110..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: How Exponential Growth Boggles the MindRon Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-56687083642848010472020-03-15T15:05:01.249-07:002020-03-15T15:05:01.249-07:00There's a little more to it than just being un...There's a little more to it than just being unable to comprehend exponential growth. Our world gives us limited experience with unrestrained growth.<br /><br />In the world we live in, growth of lily pads in your pond probably wouldn't continute to grow at the same rate until the pond was covered. One or both of the following would be likely: the nutrient powering the runaway growth of lily pads would be depleted; or the lily pad would become attractive food for some other organism.<br /><br />We're ill-equipped to understand unrestrained growth because we rarely experience it.Quaker in a Basementnoreply@blogger.com