[HN Gopher] What Are Toys For?
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       What Are Toys For?
        
       Author : prismatic
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2023-04-22 05:46 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | senthil_rajasek wrote:
       | I was hoping to get an insightful answer, something new but alas
       | no.
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       | A vague connection is made between toys, Descartes and a Pascal
       | quote.
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       | And no mention of toys from ancient civilizations,
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       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilisation
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       | Maybe this wasn't the goal but why a title that asks a sweeping
       | broad question but gives a weak answer? It sort of makes this
       | article click-baity.
        
       | yamrzou wrote:
       | From a psychological perspective, D.W. Winnicott believed playing
       | serves as the basis for creativity and the discovery of the
       | self[1]. He saw play as crucial to the development of authentic
       | selfhood, because when people play, they feel real, spontaneous
       | and alive, and keenly interested in what they're doing.[2].
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       | [1] https://onluminousgrounds.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/the-
       | creat...
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       | [2] https://hetleadershiplab.nl/inspiratie/donald-
       | winnicottplay-...
        
       | rolph wrote:
       | modeled environmental demands.
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       | toys, and play allow aquisition of schema repetoire to employ
       | during a putative solution in response to enironmental challenges
        
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