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Re: [Phys-l] H. Sapiens



At 12:00 PM -0500 9/22/10, brian whatcott wrote:
I imagine the granularity of the poll count, gestation time and life
span underlying annual rates of increase of Human populations is so
comparatively tiny, that a continuous function is quite suited to the
purpose.


EACH of the four horsemen has contributed more than one major 'glitch' to this 'continuous function' over time.

Just because a function is continuous doesn't mean that it can be easily represented by an analytical expression.




To slightly rephrase a previous quote:

ANY population curve is exponential if you look at a small enough piece of it.
NO population curve is exponential if you look at it over a sufficient time span.