Does John Conway hate his Game of Life?
John H Conway on his love/hate relationship with his most "famous" invention. More on how he invented it at: http://youtu.be/R9Plq-D1gEk More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓...
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[John] Well, I used to say, and I'm still inclined to say occasionally, that I hate it, I hate the Game of Life. I don't really, at least I don't anymore. The reason why I felt like that was that, whenever my name was mentioned with respect to some mathematics, it was always the Game of Life. And I don't think the Game of Life is very very interesting. I don't think it was worth all that, I've done lots of other mathematical things. So I found the Game of Life was overshadowing much more important things and I did not like it. Now, well, I'm getting old, my capacity for hatred is getting less, I suppose. And it was an achievement. I'm quite proud of it. I just don't want to talk about it all the time. [Brady] I'm...
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[John] Well, I used to say, and I'm still inclined to say occasionally, that I hate it, I hate the Game of Life. I don't really, at least I don't anymore. The reason why I felt like that was that, whenever my name was mentioned with respect to some mathematics, it was always the Game of Life. And I don't think the Game of Life is very very interesting. I don't think it was worth all that, I've done lots of other mathematical things. So I found the Game of Life was overshadowing much more important things and I did not like it. Now, well, I'm getting old, my capacity for hatred is getting less, I suppose. And it was an achievement. I'm quite proud of it. I just don't want to talk about it all the time. [Brady] I'm...
