Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astronomy

Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by Jaruzel on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:00PM (#32227310)

Surely '2 times less' is minus 100% less, if the amount originally spent is '1 times'?

It's an illogical phrase to be sure.

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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by nodespace on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:10PM (#32227517)

I think its like saying:

"2 times (but instead of mutiplying do the oposite thing that makes it smaller)"

Is where the "logic" comes from.

Hm, I bet this parses as well:

"An hour is .5 times more then a half hour."

Although not quite as well.

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