alt Hacker NewsA lot of words to say "The initial part of a sigmoidal curve is not very informative about the parameters of the sigmoid function in question."
A lot of words to say "The initial part of a sigmoidal curve is not very informative about the parameters of the sigmoid function in question."
That is true, but I generally enjoy reading a lot of words from Scott, who has a talent for writing.
The entire plot of the Lord of the Rings could probably be compressed into less than 10 kB of text too.
Edit: this seems to be a controversial comment, but IMHO a blog of Scott Alexander's type is an art form, not just a communication channel.