My older daughter knows Baba Is You, she says it's very interesting in a tear down the boxes sort of way.
-- rec -- On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 1:44 PM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > Like. I have grandkids ranging in age from 3 to 27. I wonder if I'll > have great grandkids. My adult grandsons' girlfriends think babies are > "disgusting". I hope many others in their generation feel differently. > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Sun, Jun 16, 2024, 12:59 PM steve smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> -- rec -- >> >> >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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