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Is There Math Beyond the Equal Sign?

The Joy of Why

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Is Category Theory Too Abstract?

The number two is an abstraction. Some people need to be drawn into it more by what it can do for us. I personally don't like calling category theory abstract nonsense. That phrase was coined as an insult at the beginning, because some mathematicians thought it wasn't doing anything. And in a way, it's not doing anything. What it's doing is shining light so that other people can do more things.

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