Most scientific & mathematical disciplines I know of have results that educated outsiders can appreciate and go "wow" after a brief acquaintance, even without understanding the details. Does anyone know of such a result for category theory?
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Sure. Is that a reason to not be interested?
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I don't need a reason not to be interested - life is short. I need a reason to be interested.
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I guess this argument is the same as saying "Why use Python when I can assembly to do the same thing." My impression of CT is that it's a high level, abstract language which allows you to "reuse code" and abstract away internals of your system in way you otherwise couldn't
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Sure, you could do it without CT, but usually in CT, the proofs can be simplified and reduced to their most fundamental core. I see it was a way to reduce cognitive load - a way to compress thought patterns
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