negamuhia comments on Open Thread, February 1-14, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: negamuhia 02 February 2013 02:17:47PM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure about "day-to-day life", but this application of general abstract nonsense certainly did make my day better when I read it: link

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 02 February 2013 07:27:22PM 4 points [-]

So, in mathematics general abstract nonsense has a more specific meaning than this. It specifically refers to certain kinds of arguments in category theory.

Comment author: ESRogs 03 February 2013 09:47:03AM 5 points [-]

That is quite amusing. Of course mathematicians have defined "general abstract nonsense" to mean something specific. :P