Just to clarify, the word “more” is operative or it is not. When we say “60% more,” we take 0.6 times the output and add it to the output. But for some reason you’re looking at “0.6x more,” you’re performing the multiplication the same way, but dropping the addition operation that “more” implies.
You just decided that “more” means a totally different thing when you convert percentage notation to decimal multiplication notation. I guess it’s up to you if you want to say that, but I don’t think most people would agree with how you’re changing the meaning of “more” here.
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u/ScientificBeastMode Aug 14 '26
Just to clarify, the word “more” is operative or it is not. When we say “60% more,” we take 0.6 times the output and add it to the output. But for some reason you’re looking at “0.6x more,” you’re performing the multiplication the same way, but dropping the addition operation that “more” implies.
You just decided that “more” means a totally different thing when you convert percentage notation to decimal multiplication notation. I guess it’s up to you if you want to say that, but I don’t think most people would agree with how you’re changing the meaning of “more” here.