Based on this paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1567 https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1567 Rafler, Stephan - Generalization of Conway's "Game of Life" to a continuou

Based on this paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1567 https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1567 Rafler, Stephan - Generalization of Conway's "Game of Life" to a continuous domain - SmoothLife [2011] Citations here: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=7362834692940912518 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=7362834692940912518 Arxiv also points to a blog post from 2013 about it: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/02/20/smooth-life/ http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/02/20/smooth-l... Whose author found it via, OF COURSE, John Baez: https://plus.google.com/u/0/117663015413546257905/posts/bguQ1Q6U1RQ https://plus.google.com/u/0/117663015413546257905/posts/bguQ...