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Supply Curves can be CDFs too
Assuming diminishing returns
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Demand Curves are Cumulative Distribution Functions (CDFs)
Aggregations as accumulations
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Optimal Deterrence
Matching the punishment to the criminal
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Public goods and public goodness
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Why would height be normally distributed?
Normality can be peculiar
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Sensitive assumptions in longtermist modeling
Crucial considerations in valuing the future
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Nonsense on Stilts
Nonsense on Stilts
Explaining random ideas/topics I'm interested in, usually involving Computer Science or Economics. All views expressed are entirely my own.
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