[FRIAM] new directions at the michael levin lab

[steve smith]

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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