Tyjon Lindsey

yort2000 said:
I looked it up.  I don't think exponentially works in that context either.  I think it should have been written something like:

The offensive production increases multiplicatively as more threats are put on the field.

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Oh come on....where else are you going to discuss vocabulary?

 
Hopefully that's good news, this guy is one we should keep our eye on in this new offense. He fits into it perfectly with what he brings to the table. 

 
I think multiplicatively would be use grammatically in the same way as exponentially, but it don't mean the same damn thing. Exponentially is overused so much it basically has 2 meanings. It's a distribution, and the other meaning is "IT'S INCREASING SUPER SUPER FAST." (Similarly, "random" has two meanings. There's the statisticy meaning and the "so random!" random which is more like haphazard).

So multiplicatively is the correct word to use almost every time someone says "exponentially," but it's a hell of a lot harder to pronounce, so let's not do that.

 
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Tyjon Lindsey, hospitalized after a workout last month, is back to training at nearly full speed, Nebraska football coach Scott Frost said Thursday.

"Tyjon's doing well," the coach said of the fleet sophomore wide receiver from Corona, California. "He's pretty much back doing everything and looks pretty good, so I'm excited about where he is."
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LJS

 
The case for 'exponentially': the increase is larger and larger the more threats there are on the field, rather than a constant scale factor. Three threats is better than two threats by more than two threats is better than one threat. 

 
zoogs said:
The case for 'exponentially': the increase is larger and larger the more threats there are on the field, rather than a constant scale factor. Three threats is better than two threats by more than two threats is better than one threat.
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That's not a case for exponentially that hasn't already been made.

Multiplicatively is more accurate if we're going to be nerds about it.

If we're gonna not be nerds, exponentially is better because it's easier to say and makes you look like less than a nerd. But it's less accurate.


Is multitudinally a word?

 
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Oh! I missed it. By all means, let’s be nerds about it! Why is multiplicative more accurate? I do feel like the scale factor of the benefit is not constant. So the colloquial definition of exponentially is not in conflict with the mathematical one, and here’s a case where it isn’t misused. Am I misunderstanding one of these terms?

 
As long as Tyjon gets on board with the nee S&C expectations things will be fine.  Hope he does, last I heard he wasn't loving it.

 
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