"Nonlinear" doesn't mean "curved." It means "everything else left after you take out the linear". That's a huge inifinity of possibilities.
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Replying to @vgr
surely when people say "nonlinear" they're using it as a metaphor for "does not behave predictability when conditions vary"
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Replying to @zem42
yes but they want to add some faux-precision to that thought. Otherwise other metaphors/words are more evocative
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Replying to @vgr
as someone with a maths/engineering background i find the metaphor very evocative :)
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Replying to @zem42
precisely. I think those without visualize Jeff Goldblum saying "nonlinear" in an ominous tone
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