gistfile1.py

def plan_goal(desired_outcome, environment, movie_of_my_plan=[]):

    possibilities = filter(outcome_to_action_mapping, desired_outcome, environment)
    sort(possibilities, key=magic_inverse_inference_function_which_includes_affordances)

    best_bet = possibilities.pop()

    if is_an_an_actionable_thing(best_bet):
        movie_of_my_plan.append(best_bet)
        
        if calculate_subjective_probability(desired_outcome) < 1:
            return
    else:
        return plan_goal(best_bet, environment, movie_of_my_plan)

    return plan_goal(desired_outcome, environment, movie_of_my_plan)



# plan the activity rather than do it now
plans = plan_goal("Attract a mate", "At the disco", [empty list... no plans as yet])

print plans
> ["Attract a mate", "Dance like a boss", "Buy drinks", "Start a fight", "Despair"]