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Between some branches of math. And you have to be familiar with these branches of (graduate level) math to appreciate it. Learning category theory in isolation
by resource0x 4y ago
Between some branches of math. And you have to be familiar with these branches of (graduate level) math to appreciate it. Learning category theory in isolation will leave you baffled. Why it's being constantly pushed on HN is beyond me.
- gryn 4y ago> Why it's being constantly pushed on HN is beyond me. the answer is haskell
- dimitrios1 4y agoAnd that's a fine enough reason. Sometimes learning assembly leads people to learn about electrical engineering concepts, and boolean algebra. Sometimes writing algorithms that need to be efficient leads people to learn about number theory. Sometimes people trying to develop a really effective database schema get interested in set theory. These are good things.
- epgui 4y agoExactly, and it's supposed to be what this forum is all about: intellectual curiosity and (to some degree) interdisciplinary knowledge-sharing! It drives me nuts that the anti-intellectual stance is so prevalent.
- resource0x 4y agoI actually put some effort in learning it, and found it intellectually empty. If you find it enlightening - good for you. :-)
- epgui 4y agoYou must have an interesting definition of "intellectual" lol...
- gryn 4y agoI agree, just pointing out the reason/gateway drug.