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In the long run, most J curves are actually S curves


I question the "most" here, rather than "all". Examples of J curves that aren't S curves?


>Examples of J curves that aren't S curves?

Reindeer population growth in Alaska.


That's absolutely an S-curve. Any animal population will eventually run out of resources.


Wait a few decades and it will probably plateau at, if not shrink from, a maximum.


Dark Energy astrophysics.


You seem confident an "ultraviolet catastrophe"-like scenario won't play out there, too.


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