Inventing Game of Life (2014) [video]

by joeyspn on 4/12/2020, 6:14:05 PM with 4 comments

  • by JKCalhoun on 4/12/2020, 9:37:22 PM

    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

  • by gorgoiler on 4/13/2020, 6:07:09 AM

    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?

  • by davidhyde on 4/12/2020, 7:06:37 PM

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