spec.gamma
is the discount rate. When it is zero, the agent will be maximally greedy and won't plan ahead at all. It will grab all the reward it can get right away. For example, children that fail the marshmallow experiment have a very low gamma.
That's probably one of the most idiotic experiments in the history of psychology. I cannot count all kinds of biases it is prone to, and it confirms nothing but those biases.spec.gamma
is the discount rate. When it is zero, the agent will be maximally greedy and won't plan ahead at all. It will grab all the reward it can get right away. For example, children that fail the marshmallow experiment have a very low gamma.
It sounds like someone could not wait to eat that marshmallow...That's probably one of the most idiotic experiments in the history of psychology. I cannot count all kinds of biases it is prone to, and it confirms nothing but those biases.spec.gamma
is the discount rate. When it is zero, the agent will be maximally greedy and won't plan ahead at all. It will grab all the reward it can get right away. For example, children that fail the marshmallow experiment have a very low gamma.
LOL! That sounds like an excellent science fair experiment: get 25 basil plants (5x5 array) and eat 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 leaves per day from each plant in row i. Measure the "health" of the plant over time and the total number (and size) of leaves one got to eat.Yes, I agree, a very bad experiment,... Or something that has a natural growth rate? I can give my kids a basil plant (they love basil, very hard to keep). They'll eat off leafs,.. but how many?! At some point the plant is going to die.
It is also one of the most famous one to boot! BTW it is called the OREO experimentThat's probably one of the most idiotic experiments in the history of psychology. I cannot count all kinds of biases it is prone to, and it confirms nothing but those biases.spec.gamma
is the discount rate. When it is zero, the agent will be maximally greedy and won't plan ahead at all. It will grab all the reward it can get right away. For example, children that fail the marshmallow experiment have a very low gamma.
My cats always ruin my basil too... BTW, are outrun, Paul and Cuchulainn the only fathers in this forum or just the only ones who like (talking about) their children?LOL! That sounds like an excellent science fair experiment: get 25 basil plants (5x5 array) and eat 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 leaves per day from each plant in row i. Measure the "health" of the plant over time and the total number (and size) of leaves one got to eat.Yes, I agree, a very bad experiment,... Or something that has a natural growth rate? I can give my kids a basil plant (they love basil, very hard to keep). They'll eat off leafs,.. but how many?! At some point the plant is going to die.
Don't get me started about my grandchildren..My cats always ruin my basil too... BTW, are outrun, Paul and Cuchulainn the only fathers in this forum or just the only ones who like (talking about) them?LOL! That sounds like an excellent science fair experiment: get 25 basil plants (5x5 array) and eat 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 leaves per day from each plant in row i. Measure the "health" of the plant over time and the total number (and size) of leaves one got to eat.Yes, I agree, a very bad experiment,... Or something that has a natural growth rate? I can give my kids a basil plant (they love basil, very hard to keep). They'll eat off leafs,.. but how many?! At some point the plant is going to die.
Because of the biases - the same ones those kids will be subject to later in their life. Hence, the correlation might be built on confounders. The first improvement I would introduce to the experiment would be recording the instructions for children so that the adult doesn't interact with them in person.It is also one of the most famous one to boot! BTW it is called the OREO experiment
That's probably one of the most idiotic experiments in the history of psychology. I cannot count all kinds of biases it is prone to, and it confirms nothing but those biases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLXYkuJ6SyU
Walter Mischel conducted the experiment to determine if there was a connection between self-control and cognitive aptitude. Immediate gratification or not?
Daniel Kahneman calls it System 1 thinking.
Why do you think it is a stupid experiment?