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abstractions never solve problems that couldn't have been solved without them.
by platz 2y ago
abstractions never solve problems that couldn't have been solved without them.
- Koshkin 2y agoSure; it's just that doing calculations with the Roman numerals takes longer.
- thfuran 2y agoRoman numerals are too abstract a representation of counting. I use potatoes.
- lying4fun 2y ago~”numbers are the abstract notion, the primitive way of counting is a bijection” W. Lawvere so the way people use “abstraction” sounds more like they are saying “a thing we (we think) are not used to”