That said, I think you misunderstand me: I meant breaking the rules of reality within the realm of a work of fiction and making the protagonists (or the audience if it’s a videogame) figure the new rules out for themselves… Actually now that I think of it videogamers are very used to adapting themselves to entirely new sets of physics on a weekly basis… but no-one has ever made them stop and think about it for a while, AFAIK.
I’m not suggesting we be emotionally or creatively repressed, that has nothing to do with being rational. I just wonder how exactly one can allow themselves artistic license in a way that allows people to have fun learning stuff without having the fun bits detracting from the general message.
why not suggest some examples of what you actually mean?
Err, am I missing something here? Haven’t I done that in the very post you’re responding to...? Or am I misunderstanding you?
… Do you want to be my chavruta?
That said, I think you misunderstand me: I meant breaking the rules of reality within the realm of a work of fiction and making the protagonists (or the audience if it’s a videogame) figure the new rules out for themselves… Actually now that I think of it videogamers are very used to adapting themselves to entirely new sets of physics on a weekly basis… but no-one has ever made them stop and think about it for a while, AFAIK.
I’m not suggesting we be emotionally or creatively repressed, that has nothing to do with being rational. I just wonder how exactly one can allow themselves artistic license in a way that allows people to have fun learning stuff without having the fun bits detracting from the general message.
Err, am I missing something here? Haven’t I done that in the very post you’re responding to...? Or am I misunderstanding you?
Maybe. For studying what in particular?
I meant you should add them to the original post, not just the comments.
Decision theory? Information theory? I’m an engineer, which means most of the stuff I know is useless for AI design or programming.
Gotcha