One that's currently on the front page is playing games like The Incredible Machine. I credit games - and to some extent, the fiddlefucking that was involved to

One that's currently on the front page is playing games like The Incredible Machine. I credit games - and to some extent, the fiddlefucking that was involved to get them running in the MSDOS days, for most of my critical thinking skills. You learn to question the published truth, and get down to the bare, hard facts of reality, which often doesn't match. And you learn to try things, and how to iterate if things don't work, in a relatively low stakes environment.