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Post #1846810

2026-04-26 16:10 UTC

@jonmsterling Cursed follow-up: How many people think function extensionality *isn't* neutral?

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  • @jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz 2026-04-26 16:11

    @carloangiuli I would put this in the same category as the other Padova school objections ;-)

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  • @carloangiuli asks "Cursed follow-up: How many people think function extensionality *isn't* neutral?" In the same cursed talk I mentioned neutrality, I characterized function extensionality as "unavoidable" instead. See slide #5 https://martinescardo.github.io/.talks/escardo-venice2026-stone-types.pdf In any case, I wish I had never mentioned neutrality, because this turned out to be a big distraction from what I actually said and wanted to discuss. It backfired badly. @jonmsterling

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  • @totbwf@types.pl 2026-04-26 16:41

    @carloangiuli @jonmsterling I see a lot of confusion on this one from computer scientists who think that function extensionality removes the ability to distinguish between, say merge-sort and insertion sort. However, this is a question about the *codes* of functions, not the functions themselves.

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  • @jpoiret@types.pl 2026-04-27 22:05

    @carloangiuli @jonmsterling count me in the "funext isn't natural" camp 😈

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  • @cdrichards@mathstodon.xyz 2026-04-28 17:05

    @carloangiuli @jonmsterling filing this thread under “Dr. Funext, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Xi Rule”

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