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Could you explain what these Conway style "blunders" are? I hadn't heard of them, and a web search didn't turn up anything.
by kkwteh 7y ago
Could you explain what these Conway style "blunders" are? I hadn't heard of them, and a web search didn't turn up anything.
- ftbai 7y agoI believe they're talking about this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22843693 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22843693
- robotresearcher 7y agoJohn Conway had a teaching technique where he would appear to make an error in a talk, act slightly confused, then restart the problem now that a faulty assumption (for example) was made explicit. Second time around greater insight would be reached. You have to be very good to pull off that kind of move.