Inventing Game of Life (2014) [video]

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Post by joeyspn » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 6:14 PM UTC

Inventing Game of Life (2014) [video]
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Re: Inventing Game of Life (2014) [video]

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Post by davidhyde » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 7:06 PM UTC

Can anyone point to a longer cut of that video? Seems like they missed a pretty interesting bit at the end!

Re: Inventing Game of Life (2014) [video]

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Post by happytoexplain » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 7:55 PM UTC

davidhyde wrote: post #2

Can anyone point to a longer cut of that video? Seems like they missed a pretty interesting bit at the end!

Not a longer cut, but this is the video about the thing he would "most like to know", if that's what you're referring to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOCe5HUObD4

Re: Inventing Game of Life (2014) [video]

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Post by JKCalhoun » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 9:37 PM UTC

Interesting bits (to me anyway): John Von Neuman and the colonization of Mars [0], the Halting Problem [1].

Love the rabbit holes....

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem

Re: Inventing Game of Life (2014) [video]

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Post by gorgoiler » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 6:07 AM UTC

Thanks for the post. There’s a depth to Conway talking about his most commonly known piece of work, and his reactions to it, that gives one a lot to think about.

Also, this is the second time this weekend that I’ve heard John Conway refer to Scientific American. I used to be a regular reader some twenty years or so ago. Is it worth looking into again?