If I want to predict that the next growth curve will be an exponential and put bounds around its doubling time, I need a much finer fit to the data than if I only want to ask obvious questions like...”Do the optimization curves fall into the narrow range that would permit a smooth soft takeoff?”
This implies that you have done some quantitative analysis giving a probability distribution of possible optimization curves, and finding that only a low-probability subset of that distribution allows for soft takeoff.
Presenting that analysis would be an excellent place to start.
Presenting that analysis would be an excellent place to start.