资料图：专家称恐怖袭击其实有章可循
Instead, terrorist and guerrilla killings follow an L-shaped power law curve. "The pattern underlying the power curve enables a few rare events of extraordinary magnitude," Curry writes. "One might use the math to argue that the 9/11 attack that killed more than 2,700 people in New York City was bound to happen. And there is ample reason to believe that an even bigger one is on the way, sooner or later."
然而，恐怖分子和游击队发动的死亡袭击事件呈L形幂律曲线分布。柯里写道：“按照幂律曲线下的模式，一些极其重大的罕见事件就是会发生。人们可以用这种数学方法证明，导致纽约市2000多人丧生的9-11袭击注定会发生。我们有充分的理由相信，迟早还会发生一场规模更大的袭击事件。”