I'm not seeing any of the patterns[0] (e.g. gliders) you see in the original game. It just looks like noise. Which is, in some sense, Life as I know it.
This is my favorite part about the classic game. Many more people have experimented with the old one, though, most of the patterns in that may not have been clear early on either.
Regardless, there is something to be said for the simplicity of the classic rules.
Regardless, there is something to be said for the simplicity of the classic rules.