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Sure but you're missing OP's point. They're saying that novelty is the fundamental drive behind the observed behavior, not some priority towards "exploration"
by nickelpro 6y ago
Sure but you're missing OP's point.
They're saying that novelty is the fundamental drive behind the observed behavior, not some priority towards "exploration" that children have in greater abundance than adults. The children are seeking pleasure through novelty, and the researchers are interpreting that as exploration. The parent comment illustrates how silly that is, if you substitute something that still holds pleasure for an adult (ie sex), they exhibit the same behavior.
The difference between the adult and the child is the adult has the world experience that the trivial game doesn't hold novel (therefore pleasurable) implications for them anymore, not that they don't prioritize "exploration".
- Chris2048 6y agoGiven how many adults would board a ship to sail to faraway lands in the past before much was known about the "here be dragons" places, suggests adults still value exploration.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoI am not aware of any good statistics about that, but my assumption is the line level travelers to faraway lands simply didn’t have better economic options. As far as I understand, going out on ships to unknown places was an extremely risky venture with zero luxuries.
- kazagistar 6y agoI dont think that the point was that adults value exploration less, just that the amount of exploration already done reduces the density of novelty in new exploration. Im interested in foreign travel, but not nearly as interested in traveling to a new town in the state I live in, because that town will have less new stuff to do, and much of it will be similar to what I've seen before. This varies from person to person of course (some people don't really care much for travel in the first place, while others find every new town to be interesting and an invigorating adventure) but the general trend is for exploration to reveal less that is novel with experience.
- watwut 6y agoIt was quite rare endeavor and they did not done it purely for fun.