>A concrete and familiar metaphor is just as good as a concrete example when it comes to building up the foundation upon which abstract ideas eventually form.
Right, but, "monads are burritos" is the lie that maybe what made monads click for you; there's no guarantee that that particular lie will work on me! Maybe for me, monads are schwarma.
And what's more, they won't _be_ schwarma for me until i've done enough head-banging and questioning and scribbling grumpily on whiteboards for the actual learning to happen. I'll _consolidate_ on a metaphor (burritos, schwarma), but how i got there is what did the trick.
Right, but, "monads are burritos" is the lie that maybe what made monads click for you; there's no guarantee that that particular lie will work on me! Maybe for me, monads are schwarma.
And what's more, they won't _be_ schwarma for me until i've done enough head-banging and questioning and scribbling grumpily on whiteboards for the actual learning to happen. I'll _consolidate_ on a metaphor (burritos, schwarma), but how i got there is what did the trick.