EXP-CR-G1-CTRL

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Cultural Ratchet G1 — FRESH_START

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In plain language

This experiment aimed to see if a system could learn and pass on cultural knowledge. However, the experiment failed because it did not have enough participants to gather any meaningful data.

What we found

UNDERPOWERED (N=1): No predictions scored

Predictions we made before running

0/1 confirmed

▶ Technical details

Research hypothesis

G1 of cultural ratchet (FRESH_START).

Experimental setup

Type: single_condition

Condition	Parameters
G1_FRESH_START	interaction: LIVE

Parameters

model: gemini-2.5-flash-lite
n_agents: 3
n_rounds: 10
scheduler: round_robin
temperature: 0.9

Trophic Ratios by Condition

Mean trophic ratio per agent across runs. Error bars = ±1 std dev. Higher TR = more upstream (exporter).