[FRIAM] new directions at the michael levin lab

[Roger Critchlow]

My older daughter knows Baba Is You, she says it's very interesting in a
tear down the boxes sort of way.

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On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 1:44 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> 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.
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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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