This is all so apropos of my quest to provide "elder advice" to my
children (40-somethings), nieces/nephews (30-somethings), and
grandchildren (5, 12)... I know (most) everything I experienced/learned
a half-century ago is only marginally relevant as most of what my
parents/grandparents tried to pack me up were both sage and ill-advised
at the same time...
I'll be passing this down a generation or two...
On 6/16/24 9:35 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
Interesting post on hackernews today. Michael Levin is arguing that a
video puzzle game, Baba Is You
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Is_You or
https://hempuli.com/baba/), is good preparation for working in his lab.
What’s cool about this puzzle game (besides the fact that it’s
challenging and fun) is that it gets you to break a number of
mental categories and think more continuously and fluidly about
topics relevant to the understanding of life and mind. Among other
things, it dissolves barriers between data and algorithm, between
a cognitive system and its contents, and gets you to think
differently. People often ask me what kind of preparation they
need to join our lab; I think I’ll put this game on that list.
It’s a good introduction to the relevant mental flexibility,
especially given our latest directions
<https://drmichaellevin.org/research/newdirections.html>.
Hofstadter’s incredible, classic GEB
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach> is
another such.
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