Solving Plath's Fig Tree Problem with Machine Learning Decision Trees
2025-09-19
This essay explores Sylvia Plath's famous 'fig tree' metaphor, likening life choices to numerous possibilities that cannot be obtained simultaneously. The author uses machine learning decision trees to attempt to quantify individual preferences to help people make choices. However, the article ultimately points out that life is not a simple multiple-choice question, but a dynamic and continuously developing process, like the symbiotic relationship between fig trees and fig wasps, requiring external influence and a continuous cycle to maintain growth.