Two exponential functions 'conspiring together' are a very common mechanism in nature for generating power laws, such as exponential decay in frequency of earthquakes combined with exponential increase in energy released

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You put them together, the exponentials conspire to make a power law. And that's a very common thing in nature, that a lot of times when we see power laws, there are two underlying exponentials that are dancing together to make a power law.

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