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Why Do Power Laws Work So Widely?

Season 22, Episode 7 of 10

Why are "power laws" mathematical relationships expressed by exponents or logarithms so powerful in describing the world? Why are power laws found everywhere, in vastly diverse complex systems that compose our biological and social worlds? How could such simple arithmetic have such explanatory potency?

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7/16/2023
5:30 a.m.
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