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Conway's Theory and the Game of Life
1:00:39 - 1:11:36 (10:57)
The game of life illustrates how things can evolve from simple initial conditions and rules, while Conway's theory about numbers can teach students about the joys of research. It is suggested as a great tool for teaching about invention and research to students.
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The speaker suggests that consciousness can be best explained by the continual survival for the fittest competition happening inside our brains, even though we do not know the programming going on inside.
1:00:39 - 1:03:16 (02:36)
Summary
The speaker suggests that consciousness can be best explained by the continual survival for the fittest competition happening inside our brains, even though we do not know the programming going on inside.
ChapterConway's Theory and the Game of Life
Episode#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The Game of Life is a clear illustration of how things can evolve without any understanding of the system beyond its simple initial conditions and rules.
1:03:17 - 1:06:35 (03:18)
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The Game of Life is a clear illustration of how things can evolve without any understanding of the system beyond its simple initial conditions and rules. Mathematician John Conway stated that it felt immoral to turn off the computer once he became invested in playing the game.
ChapterConway's Theory and the Game of Life
Episode#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The podcast hosts reminisce about mathematician Vaughan Jones who passed away due to COVID last year.
1:06:35 - 1:08:04 (01:28)
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The podcast hosts reminisce about mathematician Vaughan Jones who passed away due to COVID last year. They discuss his impressive body of work, including a famous lecture on knots that has inspired thousands of papers.
ChapterConway's Theory and the Game of Life
Episode#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker had an idea to teach students using Conway's theory about numbers, which became the central idea for his book.
1:08:04 - 1:11:36 (03:32)
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The speaker had an idea to teach students using Conway's theory about numbers, which became the central idea for his book. Despite being busy with other tasks, he became committed to completing the book.