> [1, 2, 4, 8] is exponential and [1, 3, 5, 7] is linear.
You can't say just from 4 data points. Real data is noisy. Imagine each number is ±1.
You can't say just from 4 data points. Real data is noisy. Imagine each number is ±1.
I agree that it's worthwhile intuition in many cases, but really not here and even people equipt with both the data and the mathematical expertise to use it there have also made many bad calls on this.