Not necessarily, a constant reliable stream of information isn't as 'interesting' as more random results. I think the right terms for this are "variable reward

Not necessarily, a constant reliable stream of information isn't as 'interesting' as more random results. I think the right terms for this are "variable reward" and "variable interval" here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement