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Other's have already questioned the randomness of the original choice, however whether random or not, there is some logic in continuing to do something that had
by tomalpha 6y ago
Other's have already questioned the randomness of the original choice, however whether random or not, there is some logic in continuing to do something that had a good outcome. Even if it's just that the particular soft toy didn't eat me, explode, or cause Mommy to be cross at me.
- SomewhatLikely 6y agoRight, it's a kind of bandit problem where you need to choose between exploration and exploitation. Continuing to use the toy that's working is not a bad solution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_bandit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_bandit