on 10-Sep-2019 (Tue)

Question

What is the epitaph written on Charles Bukowski's tombstone?

Answer

It is then strange that on Bukowski’s tombstone, the epitaph reads: “Don’t try.”

Question

The desire for more [...] experience is itself a [...] experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s [...] experience is itself a [...] experience.

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positive...negative

negative...positive

Question

What did Alan Watts call the law the goes like Wanting positive experience is a negative experience; accepting negative experience is a positive experience.

Answer

The backwards law.

Question

Describe what Alan Watts termed 'the backwards law'.

Answer

This is the idea that the more you pursue feeling better all the time, the less satisfied you become, as pursuing something only reinforces the fact that you lack it in the first place.

Question

How is the Feudal RL setup different to the options framework?

Answer

Within the options framework a higher-level option's policy may choose from a number of available lower-level options, each of which serve a different role. In Feudal RL the converse case is studied, in which there is only one possible sub-manager active at any level, and so the only choice a manager has is over the tasks it sets. So instead of several options specialised to different tasks, there is one sub-manager that can perform a range of different tasks as chosen by the manager.