I’m curious to know the answer to that one. My guess is that hyperbolic discounting is technically much easier to implement, and the circumstances of animals in the wild provide fewer opportunities for akrasia so it’s not worth the cost of fixing. However there is doubtless room for more investigation of the evolutionary psychology of hyperbolic discounting.
I’m curious to know the answer to that one. My guess is that hyperbolic discounting is technically much easier to implement, and the circumstances of animals in the wild provide fewer opportunities for akrasia so it’s not worth the cost of fixing. However there is doubtless room for more investigation of the evolutionary psychology of hyperbolic discounting.
EDIT also see this comment