The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity
Fig 2
Scores and learning in Stage 1.
Relationship between score and (A) the proportions of learning (INNOVATE+OBSERVE+REFINE) moves, (B) Score as a function of REFINE moves, averaged over each entry in Stage 1. (C) Distribution of the proportion of learning moves averaged by entry, for each extension over all entries and (D) for the top-ten best-performing entries.