So Let's Talk Time

Kidd the Cheese Monkeys
So this first article we read for this assignment seemed to look at the huge consequences of seemingly small parts of a bigger picture.  Left and right, up and down, and dimensions were all talked about in this article.  I think the think I found really gripping about this article was the idea of beings who experience the world in more dimensions than we do.  The idea of higher dimensions like moving through time, all the way to moving through universes that are the result of every possible outcome to every possible situation has always been an idea that has fascinated me.

Something that this article did that i didn't really enjoy was how intimidating it made the concept of form to be.  I understand it's in no way easy, but it just seemed relentless about how you can't understand anything without first grasping how important proper direction is.

Hicky the Heresy of Zone Defense
Something I found pretty interesting in this article was the idea of rules and how they change.  The idea that first they restrict, then free, and then finally restrict in a different way was a pretty unique way to look at it. It makes me wonder how culture will have advanced in twenty years from now.

As for something that was difficult for me was getting into the mindset that basketball is essentially a perfect game when the rules are made to only change the ascetics of the game. It may just be that I'm not into sports, but the article started to lose me when he started going more in depth into his philosophy of basketball.

Wechler Uncanny Valley 
Now this article really resonated with me.  I really enjoyed the talk of video game characters, animated movie, and even robotics.  The uncanny valley is something I had previous knowledge of but it's really interesting to hear what people working with this problem feel about it.

Something that I felt was difficult to imagine is the concept of working backward to reverse engineer emotions.  The way it seems so unnatural really confounds me.  It really amazes me that people can get facial expressions that can be even close to believable when they have to go through such a roundabout way of expressing emotions.