Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Interesting Global NewsEnglish · 8 months agoEveryone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professorwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkEveryone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professorwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Interesting Global NewsEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 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.
minus-squareanonlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYou mean 1.01 times gain? As 1.01% mean 1.01/100 = 0.0101
I posted this in another thread on this article:
You mean 1.01 times gain? As 1.01% mean 1.01/100 = 0.0101