The Incredible Story of The Game of Life
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Published 2022-06-29
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Conway's Game of Life was invented by British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970 while working as a Lecturer at Cambridge University. Conway’s game of life is a simple game, made up of a grid of cells that are in one of two states, either alive or dead. Unlike most games, however, there are no players. You simply set an initial configuration of alive cells, which evolve over generations depending on a simple set of rules.
These rules are the **birth rule, death rule, and survival rule**.
The birth rule states that any empty, or ‘dead’, cell with precisely three ‘live’ neighbours (i.e. full cells) will become live itself in the next generation.
The death rule has two statements: isolation and overcrowding. In isolation, any live cell with zero or one neighbours will die in the next generation. Whereas in overcrowding, any live cell with four or more neighbours also dies in the next generation.
The survival rule states that any live cell with two or three neighbours will remain alive into the next generation.
It is incredible to believe, that from only these 3 rules, highly advanced simulations can be created, as we will see later. But first, let’s start with some simple, but fundamental objects in the game of life.
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All Comments (21)
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Proof we are capable of simulating ourself perpetually.
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The true definition of "rabbit hole". I'm totally lost in the game of life...
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Of f*ck that plot twist was unexpected.
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The "life within life" algorithm is quite amazing. It is a manifestation of what is called fractals, where the same pattern repeats as you zoom in or zoom out. It is a byproduct of mathematics. I would not call it life per se though, but is closely related to this mystery of life. Some have argued that life is the force that brings order to entropy. And the expression of this force, let's say a will and intelligence, are mathematical [first] principles that govern the behavior of phenomena until they become ordered and capable of acting in a way that expresses the will of that intelligence. In Conway's Game of Life, he is that intelligence who defined the rules, the first principles - which obey that principles of mathematics - that hold the potential of bringing order to entropic chaos, which manifests in beauty. Beauty is pattern, it is order, because beauty is harmony, and what we call harmony we feel as beauty.
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Really enjoyed this video! I hadn't heard of the Game of Life before. Thanks for sharing
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I was reading about this in a book but didn't quite understand the rules, your video explained it so clearly, so thanks!
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As a fan of game of life, i love this video, good job!
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Spaceship = glider. A large glider is a spaceship. Source: I’ve known about this game since 1974. I programmed it into a computer using BASIC in 1980.
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Loved the voice and the content of this video!!! (including the music) <3 :)
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That ending, wow. This video deserves waay more views. Currently programming The Game of Life in Java for a college project, and this helped me out!
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I will remember for ever this moment: the time I have seen "life into Conwayś game of life".... INCREDIBLE!!!!
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MIND BLOWING
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Great video buddy..
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This is a top quality video!
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You can think about it as a civilization surviving or dying out based on patterns that were available. I do agree with Conway having simple mechanics that is repeated then creates something big.
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Only one Minute in but already such a great quality Video, keep up the good work, im sure you'll grow. Now back to finishing the vid.
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Thanks for this video! You might like to check the video from EGO on the same topic: it's in french but even if you don't speak this langage, I'm sure you'll get something out of it.
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Your voice is just so relaing!
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The thumbnail is wrong. The second (middle) "glider" is actually r-pentomino
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Is this ever test in quantam machine How dose it react....
