timtyler comments on Ingredients of Timeless Decision Theory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 01 September 2009 07:39:07AM *  -1 points [-]

One problem here is that the "particular solution" tha I am apparently expected to be understanding the novelty of hasn't actually been published. Instead what we have is some notes.

The problem I was considering involves finding a method which obtains the "right" answer to problems like Newcomb's problem and The Smoking Problem with a decision theory. If you are trying to solve some other problem, that's fine.