Pigeons prefer to switch up the way they perform useful behaviours.
Researchers know that rewarding a behaviour makes it more frequent, and they assumed it also makes behaviours more consistent. But they tried it with pigeons, and pigeons prefer to do the rewarded behaviour in lots of different ways. They like changing up their strategy for getting treats.
They think this might not be unique to pigeons, so they’re gonna try it with some other animals next.
Speaking anecdotally, I prefer to use a variety of different Go openings over the same one again and again.
I notice this especially with music. Some genres of music sound all the same to me, but I’m also certain some music I listen to is interchangable to other people.
Once you can sink into something, little details start to matter more.
Pigeons prefer to switch up the way they perform useful behaviours.
Researchers know that rewarding a behaviour makes it more frequent, and they assumed it also makes behaviours more consistent. But they tried it with pigeons, and pigeons prefer to do the rewarded behaviour in lots of different ways. They like changing up their strategy for getting treats.
They think this might not be unique to pigeons, so they’re gonna try it with some other animals next.
Speaking anecdotally, I prefer to use a variety of different Go openings over the same one again and again.
they are making sure we know they arent an NPC
Wouldn’t using different Go openings be disadvantageous to you if you’re playing a different partner every time?
I don’t care, brain craves variety. It’s more fun to do lots of different things.
Variety is kind of a moving target for brains.
I notice this especially with music. Some genres of music sound all the same to me, but I’m also certain some music I listen to is interchangable to other people.
Once you can sink into something, little details start to matter more.