byrnema comments on Confusion about Newcomb is confusion about counterfactuals - Less Wrong
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There are some simplifying assumptions you need to make for the problem to work. Joe is not allowed to use or be influenced by information Omega doesn't have, or else Omega can't make the prediction with accuracy.