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<p>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... <br>
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<p>I'll be passing this down a generation or two...</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/16/24 9:35 AM, Roger Critchlow
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<div dir="ltr">Interesting post on hackernews today. Michael
Levin is arguing that a video puzzle game, Baba Is You (<a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Is_You"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Is_You</a>
or <a href="https://hempuli.com/baba/" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://hempuli.com/baba/</a>),
is good preparation for working in his lab.
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0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span
style="color:rgb(24,39,57);font-family:"Satoshi
Medium";font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(249,249,247)">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 </span><a
href="https://drmichaellevin.org/research/newdirections.html"
style="font-family:"Satoshi
Medium";font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(249,249,247)"
moz-do-not-send="true">latest directions</a><span
style="color:rgb(24,39,57);font-family:"Satoshi
Medium";font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(249,249,247)">.
Hofstadter’s incredible, classic </span><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach"
style="font-family:"Satoshi
Medium";font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(249,249,247)"
moz-do-not-send="true">GEB</a><span
style="color:rgb(24,39,57);font-family:"Satoshi
Medium";font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(249,249,247)"> is
another such.</span></blockquote>
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