Articles with tag “Pet Peeve”
On the Abuse of Exponentiation in Colloquial Communication
Or, to put it another way, “Why I Hate it When People Say Things ‘Grow Exponentially.’” Something which I have been finding increasingly irksome is when people talk about something “growing exponentially,” when all that they really mean is that it is growing really quickly. I do wish that they could get this in their heads: just because it’s growing quickly doesn’t mean that it’s growing exponentially!
C. MacMackin
I am a research software engineer, writing code for scientists working on fusion energy. I am also an active member of the Prospect trade union.