Simulating Foraging Decisions
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"so you just chop trees and eat mangos?"
"its a peaceful life"
it aint much but its honest work
Literally what Dutch Van Der Linde wanted
Reset_ beat me to it lol
Rand0m Things You May Like The Pangolin MonkaS
Brainlet: So you just chop trees and eat mangos?
Nordic gamer: Yes
”This is a blob. It lives in the forest eating mangos and burning wood for heat”
Ah yes, the ideal life.
Enslaved happiness
Me- Farming? Really? A man of your talents
Blob- It ain't much but it's honest work
Next video, the Blob will be allergic to Mangoes and we will see how happy he is. But instead of a Blob, its a person
What's ideal, the mangos or the blob?
Anarcho Primitivsts be like
But we cannot forget, that blobs have forward facing eyes and are therfore predators
Doesnt make it a predator
@@generalflopper9697 Biologically it does.
@@es0x ok so exceptions
@@es0x Eagles have excellent vision and never needed the optimal positioning of its eyes, as for humans, we have hunted animals for years, it's a huge part of our biology. We may not need to hunt directly currently, but it is directly linked to our position in a primal setting.
@@CheezyCEAnimation my guy wrote a college level scholarship essay
"Now our goal is to creater a computer model that captures the full depth of the human experience. How can we do that?"
_Blob blinks nervously_
gonna program a blob to get depressed
*language thinking*
Primer: I can't do that, but let's not be that ambitious.
*sad blob*
"maybe the first mango wakes up the blob's palate and the second one is *amazing" blob's eyes dilate*
The Blob is adorable, collects food, and can get basic resources. I need him.
You need him but will he need you?
Inconsequential. I need him.
Yes
This is good
Hi there i am a blob u need meh halp :))
Yes
Alot of things have happened. I remember when the blobs were just stealing and sharing and I come back to blobs doing honest work.
Trading and civilization is coming up - so we'll be back to stealing in no time.
Not to mention the fact they used to eat each other
The blobs will soon live in a society
"It ain't much but its honest work"
Blob
Welcome to read dead redemption
7:16
Mango: Scar! Brother! Help me!
Gravity: Long live the king.
Lol
Wow
This feels like those days in school where you actually learn something you enjoy
fr
Me: I feel bad.
Therapist: *Pulling out 3 logs of wood and 2 mangoes* Does this make you feel any better?
Lmaooo
Go and get those happiness points! 😆
Good, good...
Lmaooooo
I don't know, can we try 3 mangoes?
"This is a blob it lives in a forest eating mangos and burning wood for heat"
Looks like they are advanced now because they used to be cannibals
And it can chop trees and make houses
Thought the same thing lol
It's a matter of time until blobs take over the world.
It was already able to produce and sell rockets which is quite impressive in my opinion
they kinda look like mangos
I guess there hopping around, because they also have an economic system focused on rockets. Maybe there playing a game of civilization?
"Let's say the blob has a baby blob to feed"
*the plot thickens*
Now I'm wondering how blobs have sex.
@@mirzaahmed6589asexual reproduction
Mitosis but singular
*”This is a blob. It lives in the forest eating mangoes and burning wood for heat”*
Ah yes, the ideal lifestyle for me
Stolen comment
"The blob values mangoes twice as much as it used to." Sentences previously unsaid in human history
r/brandnewsentence
I wouldn't be so sure. It's hard to know what biologists are up to in their labs...
Famine enters the chat.
nicodemo Boccia came here to post this
Actually the Blob is called Barbapapa...
ruclips.net/video/4YTxfs-Tuaw/видео.html
Economy, Ecosystem, soon you'll have Blobs searching for the truth in life and scientific advancements.
Agree
Soon we'll have blobs researching time travel
Or blobs plotting to put their creator in the simulation so they can do scientific research on their creators "happy meter" and messing with his interests. Than the blobs will take over the youtube channel to pay for groceries and rent as they learn about what's around the house. Such as human food the internet and other stuff. The human than takes the blobs back in the simulation so the blobs will take him back in the simulation this will happen so many time that he destroys his computer and moves to a different house.
@@duckythething5611 Then the human finally says "what the hell am i doing with my life"
👀sounds a bit like us humans
Other people: "Wow, such an interesting video"
Me: "Haha, a mango fell off the simulation in 7:18"
I love how I learned absolutely nothing from this, but seeing the amount of effort and dedication (plus pretty graphics) put into these videos makes it so I can't look away
50 years from now, "How do blobs respond to finding out a nerd is their God and they live in a simulation?"
they will drink some alcohol
I legit want to see him simulate blobs developing different religions eventually. Just like real life there would be a diversity of religions but likely some common moral codes.
@@thezebraherd8275 Holy wars
Thezebraherd Common morals are only dependent on the natural survival insticts of the blob specie
@@netkv blobcohol
Who else wants primer to keep adding up to this simulation and create a world of blobs
Soumen Mohanty yes
@@seanh9929 yes
And then bring them to life when AI becomes mainstream
I think hell put it all together when he finishes both series
I just want him to add all kinds of variables until we have an entire digital civilization of Blobs.
He could add happiness, natural selection, an economy, supply and demand, goods and services, friendship, rivalries, prejudices, tribalism, leaders, housing, overpopulation, weather, jobs, education, politics, ideologies, wars, travel, migration, etc. and just create an entire dynamic world.
I feel there is a large missing component here: Start by cutting down trees, and then pick up the fruit which is now easy and quick to pick up. Time save and more gain.
The quality of this man’s videos is insane.
I find these videos to be some of the most unique and creative videos on the internet.
Using "blobs" to describe all of this stuff is some high creativity.
For RUclips to survive it needs more creative guys like you.
These videos teach us in about 10 minutes what schools took weeks or months to teach a section of
@@1SketchyAkechi badly
@@1SketchyAkechi they are pretty neat, but this one in specific is only a simple explanation of basic economics. The way they deliver the info tho, its so advanced and easy to digest, its incredible.
Do we have the same feed? We’re going to become Comment BFFS, edge lord, I can tell
If you like these stuff. Here's a RUclipsr creating an alien planet.
ruclips.net/video/egzZv8tqT_k/видео.html
Alternative title: How to become the happiest minecraft player possible
You can store food forever in minecraft without it spoiling tho, so not really
@@Osmann45 not if you use terrafirmacraft
We need mangoes in minecraft
@@smartaleckduck4135 we have ilmango tho
Kiritsu Honestly, that’s just as good
You missed the opportunity to call it a "Taco Bell curve"
5:40 DUDE IM LITERALLY EATING TACO BELL AND WAS JUST IN THE DRIVETHRU
I'm also eating a cheesy Gordia 👍🏿👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾
It’s 6:37 AM and I’m watching a blob get mangoes and logs.
Going to bed late or getting up early? It's hard to know within a few hours of 4 AM.
Stefan Lapointe yea im curious to know too
2:00am for me
me right now exactly
7:00 am for me 😅
plot twist: he is the blob and he is trying to figure out what to do with his life and why he is stuck in a Minecraft chunk
what makes him or any of us not?
@@BigblackDavis uhh people like u just dont get memes these days
With the Diminishing Returns mod.
oohhhhhhh
@@imchristianya3932 *_uhh_* idiots like *you* just don't know how to analyze before replying huh?
nobody:
That mango that fell off the board at 7:18
That was a much clearer explanation of a logarithm than my school ever bothered to give.
Would changing the environment, such as the blob needing wood more in winter, for heat, and mangos giving more happiness during fall? How would that affect the blobs behaviour?
Yes.
He kinda said in the video with the baby blob
The utility/happiness for wood or mangos would increase, which is what happens when the baby blob appears.
She eats the baby blob
Now we've got a game 🔥💯😂
Maybe add a "lazy" or "rest" factor, where the blob would not want to spend all its time collecting.
Maybe the action of resource collection could lower happiness slightly? Though I don't think that would have any impact until the happiness reduction from collection is greater than the happiness improvement, resulting in the blob just doing nothing. Would be interesting to see it balance though, getting only what it needs and resting otherwise
the thing about that type of factor is that it's better to just lower the amount of time
let's say they get 10 hours to do something, if they're normal they have 10 hours
if they have 13 and they're lazy for 3 it's still 10
there's literally no difference between them
@@randoman8654 In the current simulation you're correct, but humans don't do "nothing" either: yet we do A) get tired of repeatedly doing a thing and B) do things other than harvest resources. Adding "sleep" and "relax" to the list of things the blob wants to do each day would be interesting, and make the simulation a better representation of people.
That said, it sounds like we're going to see this time-management sim applied to the economy sim before we get a more complex time-management sim.
@@TheBoundFenrir Maybe they should make that if blob dont have enough mangos/wood it will lower happines rate, and to see will it get just enough to survive, or once get a lot and then do nothing for some time
anothing thing that would be interesting would be if the trees didnt grow back in one day, and the blob acctuly had to see how many trees it can cut in order to get fire wood, but at the same time, not starve
2:37 This gave me flashbacks to my high school economics class lol
7:32 moving blob is what my life neede
*”This is a blob. It lives in the forest eating mangoes and burning wood for heat”*
something about this sentence made me really happy.
he's just a lil' blobby boy getting some mangoes and wood (:
A less complicated life to handle probably
TacoCat it’s so nice, i need a blob
Razorr I would like to be a blob myself
Stolen comment
Top Ten greates anime comebacks of all time.
Top ten anime betrayals:
When mango give you big sad because you eat too much
Last time I heard this one I fell off my dinosaur
@Beta it was premiered. Before a premiere starts, you can already comment
If you're going to make more of those videos, I would highly recommend blending a timer or similar, which shows when one day is over.
Please keep doing those videos :D
this is the first time I like statistics
I just found your channel and I feel like it is everything I ever wanted. Vividly explaining natural phenomenons as minimalistic as possible
Primer: Strives to make a video that the viewer will learn from
Me: Watches for the cute blobs
profile picture checks out
Amen 🙏
I watch for both
I watch the videos for the blobs and the knowledge
Atleast you didnt watch it to gather material for their rule 34...
No way. Literally discovered this channel two days ago and I was sad they didn't make any more video and now this. Awesome
You're very lucky..... We've been waiting for an upload for months 😀😀
yeah, i picked it up,like a month ago and forgot about it till' now
one of us, ONE OF US
what are the chances. The exact same thing happend to me, two days ago and I was sad that they didnt upload videos
In this case it actually makes sense that we have to wait quite long. We are talking quite some statistics we have to run through here.
I want a terrarium with these blobs so I can watch them do stuff like this
3 years later I'm still waiting for the sequel
Could you simulate a scenario where a blob is given the choice between instant gratification and delayed gratification it would be great to see if a blob would either choose to maximize its daily happiness or bid its time for a greater amount of happiness
It’s a Maschine it would wait.
Do you suffer from instant gratification? Perhaps?
It's kind of the same thing:
Replace wood with time till gratification and mangos with amount of gratification. Then rewrite the happiness function, so that more time means less happiness.
The blob wouldn't necessarily choose to wait. It's actions are based on the happiness function.
@@HermanWillems Don't we all?
This would be amazing to explain addicts behavior
“Now let’s pretend it has a baby blob”
Something about that is cute.
This video made me weep. Altruism only works if done in kind. That describes white western worlds today, they were forcibly opened to other genetic heritages who then massively multiplied upon the bountiful gift of resources through welfare and heritage projects. And now from 50% of the worlds population whites have been reduced to 10% and dropping and the WORLD CHEERS.
@@TheBelrick history didn t start at the the 10th century
@@TheBelrick whites were never half of the world.
@@jellyfish0311 why did you feel compelled to say that?
Bel Rick
because it’s not true..
yo this blob is an absolute UNIT.
this little figurative jellybean is quite literally a bodybuilding woodcutter, able to cut wood continuously for an entire day, for generations, not even getting tired or back aches due to old age.
That blob is so strong, one slap and the tree becomes a log!
It would be interesting if you included a storage system, where unused resources can be stored and so the happiness from them goes down over time since it already has some.
And competition between many colectors, maybe some system of cooperation, where blobs would assemble into factions to divide resources according to contribution or something
Yes, saving will be in future sims/videos.
Dude. You need to think about these stuffs also can degrade.
They can't store much of things in long period.
It's useless if they store like.. 1 Ton of mango if these mango gonna rot in like.. 1 week later. All those abundant mango will be a mount of waste.
And also the wood. The wood can rot because the water(humidity), microanimals, moss, and fungi.
That's why village with small population never have big storage building. Because it is useless if those items rot.
For this video, the blob is just one blob. He don't need to have some kind of storage room. Simply put these resources in his house is enough. He don't have refrigerator either tho to store the mango.
@@nerobernardino88, just like the tragedy of the commons.
@@DBT1007 acting like smart enough bro?
he said its a simple example about foraging decision, and he said in the next video there will be a neighbour blob, which makes thing more complicated, maybe in the next next video there will be another aspect too that affect blob happiness
u think they not think this through come on
This would've made AP Econ concepts a lot more fun to learn about...
AnxiousJoe i like to think I would’ve gotten higher than a C in AP Micro if this was teaching me
Except diminishing marginal utility means that you get less extra happiness not less happiness every mango, you can still get more happiness with each mango so you woulda gotten that one wrong.
@@chrisd301
Less extra happiness from what?
AP Econ? What's that lol
@@chrisd301 Except that food in reality can spoil. So you would in fact end up getting less happiness if you collect more food than you use, as that results in wasted time. Same applies if you add spoiled food to the simulation. Trade would of course change that but only as long as you can trade.
I love that he calls it ‘the blob’ something about it makes me happy
I love how cute these little simulations are
I love how all the trees just shrink down into one piece of log
No no no, the trees are chopped down for wood, and the "piece of log" left behind is actually a mango that the blob chose not to gather (because it was chopping down the tree instead).
Minecraft
@@katekramer7679 he (or she) meant the log that the blob was holding (:
@@blueinrealm65 ikr
@@katekramer7679 the trees are chopped down, and a log and a mango drops. He picks up the log, which Alco is referring to. The mango is another resource, that also drops.
10 years later: Simulating Empire and War
Ya want skynet, bcause dis is how you get skynet
30 years later: simulating one entire society
1,000 years later: *Simulating an entire plane of existence*
@@user-mu1qb7jh7q 10,000 years later: simulating a EVERYTHING, from individual cognition from every creature, to heaven to hell, everything
20,000: Simulating another litterall universe and making a portal between said universe and our own.
I love these adorable little pear creatures
I love Primer. Educational or not these videos are a delight to watch and follow.
That feeling when you don't understand the Taco Bell jokes because there aren't any in your country
Same dude. Same.
yes
You haven't lived until you've had Taco Bell diarrhea.
@@Theo-oh3jk We Mexicans have our own version of it, thanks.
DualMO lucky
Can we take a moment to appreciate the *outstanding* visualizations and their explanations in this video? It takes both talent and effort to create content like this. Subbed!
is this sarcasm
cause i really cant tell
@@dogethe1st346 its not, under any circumstances.
@@alexkenneth9535 is that sarcasm or...
my brain
I also subbed
Not every youtube comment is sarcastic guys. I really meant that :)
Aren't we going to talk about how hilarious it is to use the log function for wood?
This kind of videos are way too interesting, I can't stop watching them
PRIMER: Blob happiness can be expressed with log.
BLOB: *intensifies log collection*
Lol
LOGS
Beavers be like 0w0
lol just yesterday I had an exam in "optimization for software engineers" where the goal is to create algorithms to optimize the solutions of economical problems like linear-programming problems which is basically what this video is about
What kind of machine learning algorithm and model was used to calculate the best possible outcome? I would assume a neural network but I doubt it will work that well with little input.
This comment thread is full of words I can never dream of understanding
@@gor5048 I know XD know idea what they are talking about. But what I do know is that the best possible outcome would be an exponential graph of half of a quadratic equation. The function of this would serve as making the neural network smooth and the algorithm would work as intended.
@@ryansamarakoon8268 this doesn't require machine learning, as primer pointed out this can definitely be calculated ahead of time, it's actually quite simple :)
My machine learning prof was not a friend of neural networks and probably dies inside every time people think of machine learning as just neural networks.
2:29 Just like my stonks
I don't know what it is, but there is something truly fascinating watching a colourful blob with eyes collecting mangoes.
Me: *Looks at recommended feed*
Me: *Sees this video*
Me: Ah, so he is not dead.
Calvin Oltmans ikr, I thought this lad was gone 😭
Give him time to make videos. These are really high quality and take a lot of time and effort to make
Aaron Suhonen yeah that is very true, it’s also very unique content
@@AmPPuZ Well, I don't really think this takes a lot of time and effort. I'd guess the real reason is that he could be busy and have other stuff to do IRL.
@@9308323 ud be supprised at the time it takes to make a solid video, but i agree that there was also RL busyness as well.
6:10 this animation and display of data was absolutely beautiful
Any idea what software he might use?
Edit: thank you
Man, this series are absolutely awesome!
0:08 funny blob
Incredible first comment
Specialization and trade next.
Oh yeah, It's all coming together.
7:18 sees food fall off the map "NOOOOOO!!!"
*cries*
Rest in peace mango, rest in peace
F
Top 10 saddest anime deaths
may we wish the mango a happy farewell and to be eaten quicker😋
It is encouraging to see humanity is learning so much about the values and behaviors of blobs.
A log scale when you talk about wood is pretty funny. :)
7:16 Mango falls out of the simulation
And after that the blob became a flat earther
made my dayyyyy :DDDD
*It has escaped our control*
mood
I really love how this channel teaches evolution and marketing in the exact same way and it still makes a 100% sense.
Game theory
@Mary G. ?
One of these video’s come on my tv earlier when I was doing my nvq. I was very engaged. You have earned yourself a new subscriber. Your work is truly fascinating
the sponser is so short,he explains so well.He makes the best simulations so far.ouf
He went from selling rockets to cutting trees...hard times
The rocket industry isn't huge these days so he retired to the countryside while he still could.
reverse interstellar plot
Maybe he just got bored
Wall street.
What if this happened before rocket selling and he decided to sell wood until he made rockets and became rich
As a student currently studying economics, seeing "Diminishing Returns" and "Marginal Utility" in the video and knowing what it is and understanding the concept behind it makes me really happy. Love the videos, keep 'em up! :)
Wait until you start running simulations with your own code. It's fascinating even if we usually fail to make perfect predictions because the world is way to messy.
Also read Asimov's Foundation trilogy for great science fiction depicting a future in which our models are finally advanced enough to predict our society as a whole.
@@neochris2 well, that sounds incredibly complex xD how do you even wrap your head around a model which predicts the behaviour of our entire society? How can you predict an individuals' utility? We can never be 100% precise...
@@r.a.6016 Simple answer - you don't. Or you choose a "marginally correct answer", aka something like 85% accuracy is good enough.
@@neochris2 I think you need to read a book about the difference between "to" and "too". Seriously, does no one know the difference anymore? One means a comparison or direction and the other means "also". "Me too" is "Me also". "Me to" is stupid. Me to what?
@@bradfordsuby8064 Sorry about that. I do know the difference haha, but I often mix up words in the English language that are *too* similar. Lol
I love how there's simple trees, and a very simple blob, but there's realistic wood and food.
it's already been 3 years and i still watching this times to times again. Really like the economics simulation ^^
‘This is blob, It lives in the forest eating mangoes and burning wood for heat’
This made me feel very warm and cozy
Me too
i subbed because:
1- imagine how much time this guy spent by doing this
2- i like mangoes
3-the blob is *adorable*
Same
The blob chops down trees all day and eats mangoes
@@SuperCatMan- I'm pretty certain that he made a simulation software himself with all the graphics and analysis
Same
Same
It's just wonderful to see little blue pears running around collecting mangos to eat and wood to burn
This video made me very *happy* for some reason
Was literally just wondering what happened to you so glad you are back
This blob is odly relatable.
I hope he gets nice neighbours.
Nice neighbors? But didn’t you say that the blob is, and I quote, “relatable?”
Nice in they leave you alone or nice in they complain at you when you bring out the trash early in the morning or something like that?
0:36
The mango falls off the tree when the blob cuts it down.
So, couldn't he chop a tree and get a mango at the same time?
Wouldn’t it be smashed? And nasty
I giggled really loud when the blob waved ☺️☺️ does it know i love it already?
Primer at 5:36: I'm always looking for new sponsors
NordVPN, Raid Shadow Legends and Squarespace: Hey
Tbell or bust
You forgot skillshare
And wix
And honey
@@PrimerBlobs brillant maybe
“This is a blob”
I feel called out
he have basement
Incredible video, well done!
i subbed because:
1- this is good for your brain and teaches you stuff about eco
2- the blob is *adorable*
3- imagine how much time this guy spent by doing this the blob is
imagine seeing a blue blob running around a house and deforesting an entire area
and trees growing in one night instead of decades/centuries
MSSGNO did you miss some letters in your name?
TJC games
idk it’s MSSGNO aka MISSINGNO
Alternative version: imagine seeing a blob running around a house and being single-handedly responsible for global warming
@@natasadujmovic7942 a blue blob being responsible for singlehandedly draining earth's entire oil supply
2 years later this will appear in everyones recommendations again.
And then 5 years
Probably lol
Luckily we are subscribed
There's something about your videos that makes me smile
Just discovered your channel. Loving it. One thing thought. Your blob isn’t a blob, it’s a Shmoo.
Me, concentrating a lot to try and understand
*Blob has a baby blob*
Me: awwww babyyyyy
Primer: so lets go back to before the baby blob came along
Big Blob: I will eat your child
Me: Itz opposite day so the child will eat u
Big Blob: ...
Baby Blob: ...
Me: ...
Parent Blob: ...
7:16 the one mango who falls off the world
r.i.p random mango
Lmao how did you see that
just happened to catch it, peripheral vision is good at catching movement
I immediately went to the comments to see whoever saw it. :D
Blob: Oh, no!!! I like mangos!
Primer: Calm down, you're in a simulation.
Awesome, thanks for explaining simply! This is the first video of yours I’ve watched, so I’m hoping the blob character comes back. They’re adorable 🥰
just channel is basically just everything we covered in ECON 101, great refresher
Throughout the years, I’ve come to the realization....that this blob has a more fulfilling life than I do
@T M ok boomer
@@totallyrandomhorror it has a life tho
@@totallyrandomhorror ok boomer
What about fatigue, if the blob chops down a certain number of trees wouldn't need more energy/food.
lova black one step at a time
You do make a good point.
The blob is cute. And adorable! Collects food and can collect natural stuff. I need him.