Re:Technologies I thought my son would never use
by TaupeRanger on Sunday April 11, 2021 @04:40PM
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Based on your eye rolls and subsequent "explanation", it's clear that you don't understand the Lindy Effect. It's not about listing examples of things that have been around for a while. It's about predicting the likelihood that something will continue to be around given how long it has already been around. This effect is well studied and just a cursory glance at the Wikipedia page will give you some solid sources for more rigorous understanding.
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Re:Technologies I thought my son would never use
by cbozeman on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @05:15AM
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There are no "solid sources" there. Its a bunch of books and articles.
Well-studied? By whom? In what journals?
The Lindy Effect may be true, but based on that Wikipedia article's sources, you can't make a good scientific claim for that being the case. Even if you could, you still run into all the current problems such a nebulous branch of science must contend with, such as the peer review problem and the reproducibility problem.