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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Supersets and subsets are pretty simple, and I wish more people would use them when contextualizing human knowledge. (Especially supersets)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I tried explaining something once using sets and supersets, and they didn't grasp it at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Probably your explanation needed more morphisms and a monad

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I agree; that's why I'm disappointed.