Powerful abstractions are a type of humility, and are responsible for some arguably accidental successes.
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A good example of this is Hebb's postulate, which claims that if neuron A fires in a way that causes the firing of neuron B, "some growth process or metabolic change takes place in one or both cells such that A's efficiency, as one of the cells firing B, is increased".
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Donald Hebb proposed this type of plasticity as part of a closed-loop perceptual process, for which there is little evidence. But his words have been immortalized in the neuroscience literature because of the power of his abstraction.
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The power of the postulate comes from the specific causal relationship between the firing of A and B. Everything else is abstracted away into "some growth process or metabolic change", allowing other theories to plug in their evidence.
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Similarly, powerful abstractions are responsible for successful technology: TCP/IP made space for HTTP made space for web applications.
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I'm thinking the recipe for success is to do the fundamental elements right and create powerful abstractions that allow real creativity.
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On the other hand, there are cases where abstractions seem to weaken the overall strength because there aren't any good contenders for the abstracted element. Utilitarianism suffers from no uncontroversial account of welfare.
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