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The older I get the more I appreciate the wisdom of people who lived before me. When I believe I've finally managed to figure something out that I hope others w
by keithalewis 5y ago
The older I get the more I appreciate the wisdom of people who lived before me. When I believe I've finally managed to figure something out that I hope others will find worthwhile and put together the bibliography, I have to confess I don't actually read most of the citations.
It is impossible to read all of them carefully. When I make the effort to do that I find wide variation in the information content. The Bell Curve is a real thing, whether it comes to how fast humans can run or how clearly they can think. There is no stopwatch to measure thinking.
I rely on other people I've met over the years who's judgement I trust to help me not waste time sifting through the riffraff.
One technique is qualification. If the OP hasn't done their diligence in understanding the lambda cube then my default is to assume they wrote this in an attempt to clarify their limited understanding, just like I am guilty of.
On a positive note, I recently learned here about the Kind language. It is still under development, but it has a radically simple approach to dependent types that makes it much easier to understand than Haskell.