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Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:22:50 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Don Rogerson wrote:
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Dr. Mark Changizi claims that LEGO sets have reached a point where most of
the pieces no longer fit other pieces. Sound crazy? Wait - there’s math...
http://discovermagazine.com/2012/jan-feb/02-how-did-lego-lose-its-mojo
I’ve actually had an open conversation with Dr. Changizi about this article
and the original paper on which he bases his conclusions. He has made some
claims that are not supported by his research or by common observation, and
his method of classifying LEGO piece types is suspect.
Wondering what others think of this article.
Here’s a link to the original research paper:
http://www.changizi.com/org.pdf
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I spend too much time on Facebook. I very much want to click “Like” to both
David Laswell’s and Dave Eaton’s comments here.
As for the argument Dr. Changizi presents, I’m too distracted by the opening of
the article, which to any experienced Lego fan merely echoes the countless
debates we’ve had on Lugnet, and before that on rtl, and before that when we
only had the neighbor’s kid to talk Lego with, on the topic of specialized
elements versus basic ones. The end results of such debates, regardless which
side you might fall on, have always been:
A) Basic bricks remain the cheapest per-piece way to add Lego to a household -
by way of Creator/Basic/Universal/Tub sets that have always been and are still
available, and often consist of mostly basic elements.
B) SOME specialized elements are important to developing more advanced building
techniques and creativity, and arguably have been necessary to the development
of themes that hold fan interest into adulthood.
C) Mathematicians haven’t looked at Brickshelf photos of Brick convention
displays.
Whether the article presents any valid arguments actually worth adding to the
old debate, I can only doubt.
-Hendo
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