tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post7912469464464726610..comments2024-02-06T12:32:08.221-07:00Comments on Servitor Ludi: May activitiesCygnushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-61822103940614149432013-05-13T12:38:00.180-06:002013-05-13T12:38:00.180-06:00Me, too. I had already read Hesse's Glass Bea...Me, too. I had already read Hesse's <i>Glass Bead Game</i> (which was built on the idea of those relationships) when I discovered G-E-B, but the latter showed how those relationships are really all around us -- it's not just a fictional hypothesis. :-)<br />Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-40608848051535891902013-05-12T22:23:16.585-06:002013-05-12T22:23:16.585-06:00I found it to be mind opening in that I had heard ...I found it to be mind opening in that I had heard people make reference to the idea that there were relationships between math, art, music and logic but this book did a nice job in explicating them. Probably not significant for other people but it was a paradigm shifting for me.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-26246273968811009222013-05-08T19:28:37.811-06:002013-05-08T19:28:37.811-06:00:-) Definitely. I always loved the various synon...:-) Definitely. I always loved the various synonyms for magic spells... dweomer, cantrip, etc.<br /><br />And of course, one can't forget stuff <a href="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/03/05/great-moments-in-gyg.html" rel="nofollow">like this!</a>Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-8305229206301344302013-05-08T16:18:43.558-06:002013-05-08T16:18:43.558-06:00Do you ever look around your living room and think...Do you ever look around your living room and think of the things that wouldn't be there if you didn't have kids? I feel somewhat the same way about my brain and RPGs. Words like paladin and hobgoblin probably wouldn't have entered my consciousness until years later without D&D.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-20117388010274121732013-05-07T11:18:37.237-06:002013-05-07T11:18:37.237-06:00I've never played Traveller, but it's stil...I've never played Traveller, but it's still definitely around. I played a Trek-inspired <a href="http://servitorludi.blogspot.com/2011/03/beam-me-up.html" rel="nofollow">wargame,</a> but never any of the licensed RPGs.<br /><br />The neglected old/rare game that I'm thinking of writing about later this month <i>is</i> something in that sci-fi genre, though I never had the chance to sit down and play it.Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-71282001098488363862013-05-07T08:26:14.670-06:002013-05-07T08:26:14.670-06:00Hey, thanks for the plug!
The other bloghop sou...Hey, thanks for the plug! <br /><br />The other bloghop sounds fun, too. The only other RPG my friends and I played back in the day was Traveller. Did you play that one? Is it still around? (Have we had this discussion?) One friend did buy the intro book for the Star Trek RPG but I don't think we ever got past the player generation stage. That was usually my favorite part of those games anyway.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-85168548097692771792013-05-06T20:26:17.802-06:002013-05-06T20:26:17.802-06:00It's a lot to come to terms with, but it's...It's a lot to come to terms with, but it's kind of a resurgence of the old idea of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism_%28philosophy_of_mind%29" rel="nofollow">mind-body dualism.</a> After all, if it's even remotely <i>possible</i> to produce either intelligent AI or a way to upload our brains to a computer, then spirit is software. That can mean a lot of things, but one thing it definitely means is "not hardware."Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-17510399277389924152013-05-06T19:35:27.466-06:002013-05-06T19:35:27.466-06:00That 'yet' haunts Girl.That 'yet' haunts Girl.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-89827009828277607592013-05-06T15:17:02.341-06:002013-05-06T15:17:02.341-06:00Yeah, G-E-B wasn't always the easiest read. I...Yeah, G-E-B wasn't always the easiest read. I got through it with much more confidence once I realized that the stuff about Godel's theorem was just meant to be one example of something that a loopy, complex system (like a brain) can deal with, that modern-day computers can't... yet. :-)Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-88879758193426398162013-05-06T15:06:08.433-06:002013-05-06T15:06:08.433-06:00I really liked "Godel, Escher, Bach," by...I really liked "Godel, Escher, Bach," by Hofstadter although I sometimes felt lost in the recursion.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-75995305667620816612013-05-05T08:59:15.239-06:002013-05-05T08:59:15.239-06:00As I was typing his name, it did pop into my mind ...As I was typing his name, it did pop into my mind to write a parenthetical note: "(maybe Leonard's namesake?)" but I decided against it. And it's actually <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Hofstadter" rel="nofollow">not the case,</a> either! :-)Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-88075203877945485272013-05-04T21:23:38.652-06:002013-05-04T21:23:38.652-06:00First name not Leonard. Probably less nerdy, I ex...First name not Leonard. Probably less nerdy, I expect.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-87142719866456140192013-05-04T19:21:11.378-06:002013-05-04T19:21:11.378-06:00Or at least my thoughts on the first N pages of it...Or at least my thoughts on the first N pages of it! Thick is right, but Hofstadter has never let me down before.Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-15188547598475791342013-05-04T17:28:07.932-06:002013-05-04T17:28:07.932-06:00I saw the Hofstadter book in the shop when I picke...I saw the Hofstadter book in the shop when I picked up the one I'm (probably) going to be profiling. It looked too ... thick. I passed on it based on dimensions alone but now I'll get to read your thoughts on it -- yay!Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.com