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Does John Conway hate his Game of Life?

Numberphile · interview · Watch on YouTube

Recreational & visual mathComputability & complexity theory

What it is

John Conway talks in a short Numberphile interview about his mixed feelings toward the Game of Life, his most famous invention. He says he is not especially pleased that it overshadowed his other work.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited whenever commenters want to note that Conway did not enjoy being known mainly for the Game of Life.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “has done some great interviews with John Conway that are definitely worth watching”

    Interviews with Conway showing him as a genuinely great guy

    tdicola, 2015-07 · Recommendation · in “John Conway – The world’s most charismatic mathematician”

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Topics: conway, game of life, numberphile, cellular automata, mathematics

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