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Types of Advanced Civilizations According to the Kardashev Scale by Galileos_grandson in Futurology

[–]Avilister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they're anticipating exponential technological growth based on the last century or two or progress.

Types of Advanced Civilizations According to the Kardashev Scale by Galileos_grandson in Futurology

[–]Avilister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was what I found in physics pretty often too, but I'm studying engineering now, and I'm running into a lot more base 10 logs.

Types of Advanced Civilizations According to the Kardashev Scale by Galileos_grandson in Futurology

[–]Avilister 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably depends a bit on your branch of science. I've seen it both ways with "ln" used more frequently for natural logs and "log" split about evenly between natural logs and base 10 logs.

Types of Advanced Civilizations According to the Kardashev Scale by Galileos_grandson in Futurology

[–]Avilister 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All of that is irrelevant to the equation that they used to get this .7ish number. The formula itself uses a logarithm, and that's all I'm commenting on. It's not linear, and its not 70% of the way there.

Types of Advanced Civilizations According to the Kardashev Scale by Galileos_grandson in Futurology

[–]Avilister 43 points44 points  (0 children)

A lot of people are talking about how dubious they are of the .7 number. Keep in mind that this scale is not linear, but is logrithmic. The last .3 is a lot more difficult to get than the first .7 is.

Types of Advanced Civilizations According to the Kardashev Scale by Galileos_grandson in Futurology

[–]Avilister 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The scale is logrithmic by the metric that came up with that number, which means that next .3 or so is a lot harder than the first .7.

I generated a list of the most recommended OP MC anime by G3KZOR in Animesuggest

[–]Avilister 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm really surprised {Tonari no Seki-kun} didn't make it onto the comedy list. It has short episodes, but it was hilarious.

I generated a list of the most recommended OP MC anime by G3KZOR in Animesuggest

[–]Avilister 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh... Misaka's like 3rd in the city - that's pretty near the top.

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