Over the last few years, I've seen an increasing number of people writing things like "costs are now exponentially lower than a year ago," not to mention the similar example in silentsentinel's post.
If we have two numbers a and b, what is "a is exponentially bigger than b" supposed to mean? I certainly cannot think of a mathematically reasonable or valid answer.
I fear that "exponentially bigger" simply means "a lot bigger" or "substantially bigger." If this is all people mean - and I cannot imagine how they could mean more, while remaining accurate - then why not just say so?
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If we have two numbers a and b, what is "a is exponentially bigger than b" supposed to mean? I certainly cannot think of a mathematically reasonable or valid answer.
I fear that "exponentially bigger" simply means "a lot bigger" or "substantially bigger." If this is all people mean - and I cannot imagine how they could mean more, while remaining accurate - then why not just say so?