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Be sure to switch back when someone asks you to guess their weight or age though. Most people don't appreciate it when you're off by one in logarithmic scale.


They may be flattered as long as you don’t tell them that it’s log scale.

On another note, our senses generally work on a log scale (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber–Fechner_law), so it’s not something unnatural.


> our senses generally work on a log scale, so it’s not something unnatural.

Where confusion creeps back in is when sensory input is quantified. People don't perceive a 1000 lumen source as twice as bright as a 500 lumen source, but tend to think they should.




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