When learning higher-order concepts like monad/arrow, how much of the learning complexity is essential vs incidental?
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I have the feeling most of it is incidental, just that there are a lot of bad explanations?
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Actually, you know what? I totally take that back. There are 1:1 source transforms demonstrating exactly how monads work.
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Not sure what you mean by constructive vs. foundational. Can you elaborate?
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grp 1 struggles with abstraction, grp 2 can avoid it with path taken through concepts, for grp 3 it’s a breath of fresh air
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. Great point: perhaps some who struggle have not yet built thorough understanding of abstraction, in general.
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do you feel this article does a good job of explaining them? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_%28
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the problem I have with that and the one you ref is the whole time I'm thinking "why?" and the question is never answered.
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isn't it a little early in the morning for a conversation about semiotics, shibboleths & privilege andy?
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