On Jun 19, 2015, at 10:55 PM, Toby Thain <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> On 2015-06-19 11:21 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: >> On 19 June 2015 at 22:38, William Donzelli <wdonze...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Let him play Minecraft. Start with simple redstone contraptions, then >>> move to command blocks. >>> >> I'm not ashamed to admit I (24 y/o) play Minecraft now and again (with >> friends on their own private servers). I'd suggest anyone serious >> about trying to get someone "into" logic and programming with >> Minecraft ... > > ... NOT do that. > > Sorry, had to be said. > > Minecraft has nothing to do with logic or electronics and would just be an > unnecessarily obtuse way of approaching it. > > For an adult with too much time on their hands? Sure... > > —Toby “minecraft physics” is already a derogatory term around the house. And, whether I encourage it or not, he’s already into building complicated redstone sequencers. I’m hoping at least to expand his horizons into real-world projects. Minecraft computing has the asset that his “logic” is easy to interface to the “real” (ack, spit!) world, so that makes me realize that a stepper motor or something similar (suggested in the original thread) is a pretty good idea to add to the stack at some point. Generally speaking, I’m with you, Toby, but we are already there trying to get back….
