I love AI.

About PlanC "fixing the power law":
The current episode — claiming to "fix" the power law by pointing to a Δβ of 2.6% — follows the same template but in reverse. Instead of presenting the same thing as something new, he is presenting a minor methodological variant as a structural correction. The rhetorical structure in both cases is identical: establish distance from the original framework, claim novelty or superiority, and position the rebranded or adjusted version as one's own intellectual contribution. The scientific content in both cases is thin — the quantile model is the power law, and the WLS adjustment changes β by less than its own uncertainty relative to the cycle noise — but the social function is clear.