Today I watched a science YouTube video that showed how rats could be smarter than human beings. It was a Veritasium production on the four things it takes to become a master.

In the video, a red button and a blue button were set up. The red button flashes 20% of the time and the green button flashes 80% of the time but the flashes are purely random. If one presses the green button a second before it flashes, they get a reward of snacks and if one presses the red button a second before it flashes, they forego the punishment of a mild electric shock.

Also, a false prediction of the red button (you press red but then the green button lights) leads to electric shock while you miss the snacks. If you do not press any button, you miss the snacks but still get the shocks on schedule i.e. whenever the red button lights.

Today I watched a science YouTube video that showed how rats could be smarter than human beings. It was a Veritasium production on the four things it takes to become a master.

In the video, a red button and a blue button were set up. The red button flashes 20% of the time and the green button flashes 80% of the time but the flashes are purely random. If one presses the green button a second before it flashes, they get a reward of snacks and if one presses the red button a second before it flashes, they forego the punishment of a mild electric shock.

Also, a false prediction of the red button (you press red but then the green button lights) leads to electric shock while you miss the snacks. If you do not press any button, you miss the snacks but still get the shocks on schedule i.e. whenever the red button lights.