Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Checklist of Rationality Habits - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 17 December 2012 06:46:56AM *  8 points [-]

Right, but then log (2 apple) = log 2 + log apple and so forth. This is a perfectly sensible way to think about things as long as you (not you specifically, but the general you) remember that "log apple" transforms additively instead of multiplicatively under a change of coordinates.