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what by ignoring their questions? the difference between engaging with their curiosity and forcing stuff on them is... not at all nuanced, really.

• gregoriol 6y ago
  The question of the kid was legit, but the "a free theorem is when you can say something that is always true about a function machine if you only know its type, but you don’t know anything about what it does on the inside" is likely not what he asked for.
  • sideshowb 6y ago
    Fair, tbh it may not have been needed, but I also struggle with letting go the original question asked even though the child may have moved on! Still, this example is hardly robbing anyone of their childhood.
  • OJFord 6y ago
    The author acknowledged that was a bit much and pivoted it to a game that his son loves, who put you in charge of taking that away from him? > This seemed a bit beyond him [...] But the whole conversation had given me a different idea. "Hey, I have a good idea for a game," I said. [...] He immediately liked this game and it has been a huge hit; he wants to play it all the time. It's probably made even better by being 'the game that daddy reads about/does at work'.