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Newcomb's Paradox

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Newcomb's Paradox
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RE: Newcomb's Paradox
February 8, 2023 at 1:43 pm
I would pick box B.

It has nothing to do with determinism, whether the predictor is in the causal chain, etc. All that matters is the odds of the predictor being correct.
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Newcomb's Paradox

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Newcomb's Paradox - by GrandizerII - January 28, 2023 at 12:40 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 28, 2023 at 1:43 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by brewer - January 28, 2023 at 2:29 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by zebo-the-fat - January 28, 2023 at 2:46 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 28, 2023 at 3:16 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by GrandizerII - January 28, 2023 at 9:50 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by GrandizerII - January 28, 2023 at 10:25 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Silver - January 28, 2023 at 8:02 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by brewer - January 29, 2023 at 9:54 am
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Anomalocaris - January 28, 2023 at 8:26 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by GrandizerII - January 28, 2023 at 9:36 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Anomalocaris - January 28, 2023 at 8:27 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Angrboda - January 28, 2023 at 8:34 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 28, 2023 at 8:47 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Anomalocaris - January 28, 2023 at 9:08 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 29, 2023 at 4:56 am
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Angrboda - January 28, 2023 at 9:37 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Silver - January 28, 2023 at 9:39 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Nay_Sayer - January 30, 2023 at 2:38 am
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 30, 2023 at 5:39 am
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Objectivist - February 7, 2023 at 11:02 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by HappySkeptic - February 8, 2023 at 1:43 pm
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by Disagreeable - July 12, 2023 at 9:00 am
RE: Newcomb's Paradox - by arewethereyet - July 12, 2023 at 10:32 am

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