The Witness and the Philosophy of Puzzles
Channel: The Game Overanalyser
Date: 2021-01-15

Puzzles have been used by cultures through the ages, to inspire religious revelations, treatises on math, or to simply peer into the machinery of our minds. However, how puzzles acquire their meanings is contingent on the values embedded in the culture they arise from. This Video explores the philosophy of puzzles, how puzzles communicate ideas and values, and what this means for our species. Perhaps in puzzles we might find a template for how to revolutionize thinking itself. 

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Sources

-The Puzzle Instinct , Marcel Danesi

- Dynamics , Clint Hocking GDC
https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014597/Dynamics-The-State-of-the

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrO5IGoPgcw

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGSeLSmOALU

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul_ZfzfHRek

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4uH1ynH3Rs&t=14s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH7gL3ivgFA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYnkVKpvBZc

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOJC62t4JfA&t=1525s

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vhjIOG0liU&t=3s