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by HPsquared 86 days ago
"Collapse" isn't within the statistical distribution though, so you'd still to apply judgement in any case. I suppose it's a word with many definitions.
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KK7NIL 86 days ago
> "Collapse" isn't within the statistical distribution though

Uh? Maybe you could explain what you mean by this a bit more.

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HPsquared 86 days ago
1. It's not a rigorously defined term.

2. "System collapse" would be unexplored territory, so how would statistical analysis be able to infer when it occurs?

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KK7NIL 86 days ago
1. Not really. If the crash rates we're seeing under the Trump administration are higher than any similar length period in the last ~10 years, we should start to worry.

2. See above.

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