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minus-squareculpritus [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year ago Lindy Effect Oh it’s a silly concept that was popularized by the Black Swan guy. I guess if you don’t have leftist economic theory, it takes many idealistic laws and principles to try to feel like you grasp the hidden truths or whatever.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoWhat exactly is the Lindy effect? I looked at the Wikipedia entry for it and I still feel like I don’t know what it is
minus-squarewopazoo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agothe lindy effect: the longer something has lasted, the longer something will last in the future
minus-squareWittyProfileName2 [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoThis just sounds like survivorship bias with extra steps.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoIs that seriously it? Why is it named after a dead restaurant chain?
minus-squareSeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThis is pretty much true but I do abide by Hofstadter’s Law
Oh it’s a silly concept that was popularized by the Black Swan guy. I guess if you don’t have leftist economic theory, it takes many idealistic laws and principles to try to feel like you grasp the hidden truths or whatever.
What exactly is the Lindy effect? I looked at the Wikipedia entry for it and I still feel like I don’t know what it is
the lindy effect: the longer something has lasted, the longer something will last in the future
This just sounds like survivorship bias with extra steps.
Normative inertia
Is that seriously it? Why is it named after a dead restaurant chain?
This is pretty much true but I do abide by Hofstadter’s Law
Humility is a virtue.