Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoMafssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1861arrow-down111
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minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54arrow-down2·10 months agoNeatly showing why when all you have is two data points you can’t just assume the best fit function for extrapolation is a linear one. Mind you, a surprisingly large number of political comments is anchored in exactly that logic.
minus-squarecatch22@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoIt’s cold today, so much for climate change 🧐
minus-squarebody_by_make@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoClose, if you’d instead called it global warming I’d have bought it
Neatly showing why when all you have is two data points you can’t just assume the best fit function for extrapolation is a linear one.
Mind you, a surprisingly large number of political comments is anchored in exactly that logic.
It’s cold today, so much for climate change 🧐
Close, if you’d instead called it global warming I’d have bought it