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Back in the 1970s,an unexpected breakthrough was made by a mathematician
早在1970年代 一名叫約翰·康威的數學家有了意外的突破
named John Conway,here in Cambridge.
就在劍橋大學
He devised something called The Game of Life
他發明了一套"生命游戲"
A simple simulation that shows how a complex thing like the mind
這個簡單的模擬展現了心靈這種復雜的事物
might come about from a basic set of rules.
可能源自一些基本法則
The simulation consists of a grid,a bit like a chessboard
這套模擬由網格組成 有點像一副西洋棋盤
extending infinitely in all directions.
朝著四方無限延伸
Each square of the grid can either be lit up,which he called "alive"
網格中的每個方格 要不是點亮 他稱之為"活方格"
or dark,which he called "dead".
要不然就是黑的 他稱之為"死方格"
Whether a given square is dead or alive
至于特定的方格是死是活
depends on what is happening in the eight other squares that surround it.
就取決于周遭其它八個方格的狀態
For example,if a living square like this one...
舉例而言 若一個像這樣的活方格
has no living squares nearby...
周遭都沒有活方格
the rules say it'll die of loneliness.
根據法則 它會死于寂寞
If a living square is surrounded by more than three other living squares
若一個活方格周圍有超過三個其它活方格
The square will also die of overcrowding.
這個方格也會因過度擁擠而死
