Researchers spar over log-log plots: is the straight-line fit real or an extrapolation illusion?
giffmana · x · 2026-09-09
Responding to a jab that hiding logs inside logs turns log-log into log-log-log until "all the atoms on earth vanish after the singularity," giffmana argues the conclusion is wrong: it's not that everything suddenly fits a line, but a misreading of extrapolation in double-log coordinates. The exchange captures an ongoing debate over whether seemingly perfect straight-line fits on log-log scaling charts justify extrapolating model capabilities.
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