> redstone in Minecraft was added explicitly so people could do crazy things like build calculators Anything that has logic gates in it can be used to build ou

> redstone in Minecraft was added explicitly so people could do crazy things like build calculators Anything that has logic gates in it can be used to build out complex programs. Since Conways Game of Life allows for logic gates, you can build anything you want, albeit with a lot more processing power needed since it's built on an abstraction. You can even build Conways Game of Life with Conways Game of Life, like a sort of fractal program / quine.