tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321448421187115364.post9063873331040714029..comments2023-06-05T08:44:23.536-07:00Comments on Digital Crusader: WeirdtopiaEric Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16717392630309707057noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321448421187115364.post-23116360192940295232009-01-17T01:28:00.000-08:002009-01-17T01:28:00.000-08:00I would find it very fun to be en route to a lush ...I would find it very fun to be en route to a lush planet while a robot with perfect pedagogy teaches me all the science I was too lazy to learn in less perfect circumstances. The robots should please act out all the plays, too. I'd embrace the challenge of appreciating them with my un-augmented brain. That doesn't mean I have any interest in getting sick or hurt.<br><br>I like the question of whether all patterns eventually become instances of one meta-pattern, but maybe the question of indefinite fun has more to do with our human selves. A very different, more everyday approach I've seen to a putative science of fun is a friend of mine's "funology": see http://wiki.ic.org/wiki/Contagious_Tales/Funology.<br><br>I also believe that the Emma Goldman Institute for Theoretical and Applied Funology needs to exist, with an associated Journal. What would be some good double-blind studies?jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338546802145871812noreply@blogger.com