Sure, same experiment as this one, but instead of introducing another rectangle for the third object, introduce a circle. If they favor that over the rectangle they're clearly gamblers.
Actually, I have a snake that eats one mouse per week. Maybe I'll slowly try this over the course of a year or so.
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Presumably because avoiding the square alone wouldn't explain the preference for the third option over the second.
Could that be just curiosity? The article didn't say how much they preferred them or for how long. Maybe mice are just gamblers by nature.
Gambling doesn't seem to serve a species well in terms of my evolutionary biological thought process.
Then why are we where we are? We're the gamblingest species of all.
Maybe mice are just gamblers by nature.
Heh. Can we think of an experiment to test that?
Sure, same experiment as this one, but instead of introducing another rectangle for the third object, introduce a circle. If they favor that over the rectangle they're clearly gamblers.
Actually, I have a snake that eats one mouse per week. Maybe I'll slowly try this over the course of a year or so.