![]() ![]() He applied to Stanford University for graduate school in psychology, hoping to work on mathematical models of human cognition with David Rumelhart or Roger Shepard, not realizing that both had just retired. Griffiths received his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Western Australia. He developed a method to break down complex fencing moves into simpler ones that could be performed in sequence, but gave up on the theory after, he says, "I messed up the math and a longsword broke my right wrist." At twelve, he started fencing, which he says involves "interesting computational problems", becoming "an avid fencer". Growing up, Griffiths enjoyed computer programming and online role-playing games. Griffiths was born in London but moved with his family when he was eight to Perth, Australia. Fencing with longswords, from a fifteenth-century manual of fencing ![]()
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