Re:Infinity Category Theory Offers a Bird’s-Eye View of Math...
by Syntonicles on Thursday September 16, 2021 @12:56PM
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Don't hold me to it since my math education is basically me fumbling through the internet for the past several years trying to piece things together, but I think this is the unmotivated approach you're talking about.
As others have stated trying to learn this abstractly first, before developing a concrete mathematical foundation, simply didn't work. I understood what the subject purported to do. I understood why I wanted to have a birds-eye view of subjects to come. The trouble is that the concepts didn't have enough to latch onto in my brain. I found myself frantically looking for examples in various subjects. In the end I realized my time was better spent in the weeds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US4Zr1WKD-8&list=PLCTMeyjMKR...
As others have stated trying to learn this abstractly first, before developing a concrete mathematical foundation, simply didn't work. I understood what the subject purported to do. I understood why I wanted to have a birds-eye view of subjects to come. The trouble is that the concepts didn't have enough to latch onto in my brain. I found myself frantically looking for examples in various subjects. In the end I realized my time was better spent in the weeds.