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I'm perplexed. The result here doesn't make sense evolutionarily. Time discounting should be highest when you're hungry because your first priority should be m
by brighid 12y ago
I'm perplexed.
The result here doesn't make sense evolutionarily. Time discounting should be highest when you're hungry because your first priority should be making it to the next time point (the discount factor measures uncertainty.)
Related:
http://www.indiana.edu/~abcwest/pmwiki/CAFE/Wang%20-%20Sweet%20future.pdf http://www.indiana.edu/~abcwest/pmwiki/CAFE/Wang%20-%20Sweet...
- dllthomas 12y agoI wonder if it matters just how hungry you are. If you're hungry because it's winter and there's less food - but still enough to see you through to spring - then you'd better not prioritize the shortest term.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoMaybe your BIOTRUTHs expectations are not actually correct.