The true irony is that these fields can be absolutely beautiful if you approach it from the perspective of curiosity rather than fact memorizing
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If the kid is interested then it's cool. I was not, I liked computers 👨💻
True, let the kids gravitate to their interests, but also give them a peak I to the room next door
Example A - a blend of both fields
https://google-research.github.io/self-organising-systems/particle-lenia/