In my experience with the Sims (which has been extensive), they *do* learn some behaviours, like where to sleep, as has been mentioned. Also, if you give them the same "morning routine" day after day -- wake, pee, eat, bathe, go to work -- they will start to do things in this order on their own rather than according to their immediate needs. And they can definately be trained to flush and wash their hands after using the toilet, no matter what their "neat/messy" scores are.
It makes one wonder what exactly goes into Human learning. Is it merely a product of having done something so many times that you gradaully begin to understand it? Or is it a detailed cognitive process whose subtler workings lie outside the realm of human comprehension? It is proven that humans learn through repetition. So do animals, and, now, Sims. In fact, as will wright said, the Sims are actually dumber than they could have been. If this is so, what separates us from our Sims? It makes one wonder who is dictating our "morning routines" to us...
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In my experience with the Sims (which has been extensive), they *do* learn some behaviours, like where to sleep, as has been mentioned. Also, if you give them the same "morning routine" day after day -- wake, pee, eat, bathe, go to work -- they will start to do things in this order on their own rather than according to their immediate needs. And they can definately be trained to flush and wash their hands after using the toilet, no matter what their "neat/messy" scores are. It makes one wonder what exactly goes into Human learning. Is it merely a product of having done something so many times that you gradaully begin to understand it? Or is it a detailed cognitive process whose subtler workings lie outside the realm of human comprehension? It is proven that humans learn through repetition. So do animals, and, now, Sims. In fact, as will wright said, the Sims are actually dumber than they could have been. If this is so, what separates us from our Sims? It makes one wonder who is dictating our "morning routines" to us...