Christophe_Poucet comments on Leaky Generalizations - LessWrong

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Comment author: Christophe_Poucet 28 November 2007 08:15:32PM 3 points [-]

In computer science, there is a similar concept called "Leaky abstractions"

Comment author: andybak 04 December 2012 12:26:11AM 1 point [-]

Which is a better name entirely. An abstraction is a kind of container so the idea of it leaking makes sense. How does a generalization 'leak'?

The idea was much stronger in it's original domain.