Your graph also illustrates perfectly why I find this an example of semistable equilibrium as explained in this article. It even looks like a cliff face, although it is inverted. There is a point at which the lag phase changes and becomes the exponential phase. As long as the correct action is taken before this point, the exponential phase can be avoided; e.g. take the petri dish out of the incubator and put bleach in it. This would be equivalent to the chicken player stopping his car before the cliff edge.
Yep! On the flip side, biologists know that it’s important to passage cells before they enter the death phase, which means splitting them into multiple lower-concentration plates. Otherwise, the cells can be irretrievably damaged by overcrowding.
Your graph also illustrates perfectly why I find this an example of semistable equilibrium as explained in this article. It even looks like a cliff face, although it is inverted. There is a point at which the lag phase changes and becomes the exponential phase. As long as the correct action is taken before this point, the exponential phase can be avoided; e.g. take the petri dish out of the incubator and put bleach in it. This would be equivalent to the chicken player stopping his car before the cliff edge.
Yep! On the flip side, biologists know that it’s important to passage cells before they enter the death phase, which means splitting them into multiple lower-concentration plates. Otherwise, the cells can be irretrievably damaged by overcrowding.
A lesson for humans as the population continues to increase.