[FRIAM] new directions at the michael levin lab

[Frank Wimberly]

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.
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Frank C. Wimberly
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2024, 12:59 PM steve smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> 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.
>
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