Here is an example of a GoL unit cell - "a pattern with two states, which is determined by its previous state and the previous state of its neighbors, using exactly the rules used to compute it; that is, it simulates its own universe": http://www.radicaleye.com/lifepage/patterns/unitcell/ucdesc....
Basically a pattern in GoL that mimics the behaviour of a single cell. A regular grid of these would therefore implement Conway's Game of Life in Conway's Game of Life (and of course you could do this recursively to any level you choose - at an exponential decrease in speed of course)
Even more impressive is that, according to the comments, he actually wrote it from scratch (as opposed to generating it using some higher-level language). No comment on what that seems to imply regarding his brain. :)
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 23.8 ms ] threadBasically a pattern in GoL that mimics the behaviour of a single cell. A regular grid of these would therefore implement Conway's Game of Life in Conway's Game of Life (and of course you could do this recursively to any level you choose - at an exponential decrease in speed of course)