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A great example of the value of academia and scientific research.
by anonymousDan 1y ago
A great example of the value of academia and scientific research.
- RetroTechie 1y agoEqually important: have professionals of all kinds (like, engineers) be aware of state-of-the-art in fields of science that touch their profession. And how to find that (if necessary through 3rd parties - like author did). Knowledge is much less useful if it doesn't get applied.
- CrimsonCape 1y agoI recently started watching this lecture series on Category Theory by Bartosz Milewski and he delves into some mind-boggling existential questions in the first video. To paraphrase, mathematicians believe that they are in "a field of discovery" with the implication of "discovery" being that mathematicians are discovering something that already exists. He gives an example of how mathematicians believe that lambda calculus and other systems like set theory and graph theory are actually all the same thing as category theory. In a metaphoric way we have discovered the abstraction (category theory) and recognize that lambda calculus "implements the trait/interface" The dilemma is: did we truly invent a theory of a pre-existing phenomenon? Or do we somehow map physics of the universe to a what a brain is capable of parsing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8LbkfSSR58&list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI7FMa2HsnawM_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8LbkfSSR58&list=PLbgaMIhjbm...
- 3abiton 1y agoThis took a wild turn on HN, unsxpectedly? Is the series worth it? What are takeaways skills?