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It's easier to go up a ladder than to come down, literally and metaphorically. Gian-Carlo Rota made a profound observation on the application of theory. One frequently notices, however, a wide gap between the bare statement of a principle and the skill required in recognizing that it applies to a particular problem. This isn't quite [...]The post Up and down the abstraction ladder first appeared on John D. Cook.