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On 27 October 2011 20:47, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com> wrote: > Huw, > Is reality really something to be "penetrated." > -greg > If you wish to get from one side of a city to another, there are finite ways of doing so using conventional transport. If you wish to articulate that intention in terms of a particular route, you will have to mentally penetrate the fog of obstacles from A to B prior to an accurate articulation. Does 'penetrating to reality' sound better? Hopefully the gist is clear. Huw > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > On 27 October 2011 19:17, Linda Polin <linda.polin@pepperdine.edu> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Oct 26, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Huw Lloyd wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Programming is part of a domain of articulated intentionality, of > > > > penetrating reality. The issue with simplified environments is the > > > minimal > > > > penetration. One is limited to a scope that was designed for. The > > > spirit > > > > of programming goes beyond this to a deeper appreciation of > processes. > > > > > > I was trying to indicate the openness and range of the possible in > > > Minecraft, which doesn't sacrifice the playfulness that I find lacking > in > > > straight up programming except for people who enjoy debugging. I do > find > > it > > > hard to grok programming as uniquely "penetrating reality," though. > Could > > > you explain that? Perhaps I need "articulated intentionality" unpacked > as > > > well since I see most goal driven construction efforts, e.g., to create > a > > > machine in Minecraft, as articulated and intentional. > > > > > > > > I can't say I recall writing 'uniquely', Linda. > > > > Huw > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > > > > -- > Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D. > Sanford I. Berman Post-Doctoral Scholar > Department of Communication > University of California, San Diego > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca