{"id":46369,"date":"2015-08-30T02:58:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T02:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=46369"},"modified":"2015-08-30T03:04:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T03:04:52","slug":"john-holland-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=46369","title":{"rendered":"John Holland, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — a Magister has departed ]
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\"John<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

**<\/p>\n

I am saddened to hear that John Holland<\/strong> — the “father of genetic algorithms” — is no longer among us. Happily, I understand his passing was peaceful.<\/p>\n

Obits:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Santa Fe Institute, Complexity science giant John Holland passes away at 86<\/a>\n
  • Boston Globe, John H. Holland, 86; advanced study of complex adaptive systems<\/a>\n
  • Washington Post, Goodbye to the genius who changed the way we think<\/a>\n
  • New York Times, John Henry Holland, Who Computerized Evolution, Dies at 86<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    **<\/p>\n

    I corresponded very briefly with John Holland, because of his interest in the Glass Bead Game<\/strong> — which he discussed in his Omni interview in connection with his own life’s work:<\/p>\n

    I\u2019ve been working toward it all my life, this Das Glasperlenspiel. It was a very scholarly game, starting with an abacus, where people set up musical themes, then do variations on it, like a fugue. Then they\u2019d expand it to where it could include other artistic forms, and eventually cultural symbols. It became a very sophisticated game for setting up themes, almost as a poet would, and building variations as a composer. It was a way of symbolizing music and of building broad insights into the world.<\/p>\n

    If I could get at all close to producing something like the glass bead game I can\u2019t think of anything that would delight me more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Omni, And then there was A-Life<\/a>\n
  • Wikipedia, John Henry Holland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    h\/t Mike Sellers<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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