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GliderGuider

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17. Remember the shape of an exponential curve?

Reply to LouisvilleDem (Reply #16)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 08:40 AM

Jul 2015

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We have the skills to determine that we are on one, even when we are on the lower, flatter part of the curve where the slope doesn't seem meaningful to the lay observer. Your analysis is simplistic.

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Remember the shape of an exponential curve? GliderGuider Jul 2015 #17

It doesn't make enough of a difference LouisvilleDem Jul 2015 #18

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