[tessierashpool9]

> Like - you can look at a trend line that generally has some shape, and notice when something changes or there’s a discontinuity.

what you describe here is effectively forecasting a model of what is expected to happen and then you notice a deviation from it.

[naijaboiler]

to me its always amazing how people look at whats evidently obvious to me and say its profound.

[tessierashpool9]

especially if they are self-assessed "distinguished engineers and master inventors"