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In related news, scientists discover idioms not mathematically accurate. Movie at 11.
:P
The concept of a "steep curve" is the physical analogy to a steep hill, in which forward progress/learning requires significant effort. Thus x is progress and y is the cumulative effort required to achieve that level of progress.
In related news, scientists discover idioms not mathematically accurate. Movie at 11.
It's "film at 11," which used to mean that the news team actually had footage of the news, back before it was assumed that everyone had already seen it on YouTube. :P
The concept of a "steep curve" is the physical analogy to a steep hill, in which forward progress/learning requires significant effort. Thus x is progress and y is the cumulative effort required to achieve that level of progress.
Of course it is. That is likely the reason why the meaning got mixed up in the first place. The rest of your comment is rationalization (Otherwise, people would call it cumulative effort curve.). See richardw's sister comment.
The concept of a "steep curve" is the physical analogy to a steep hill, in which forward progress/learning requires significant effort. Thus x is progress and y is the cumulative effort required to achieve that level of progress.