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Comment author: SilasBarta 12 October 2009 08:40:38PM 1 point [-]

The difference is that Newcomb's problem allows you to assume that your (believed) choice of output is guaranteed to be your actual decision.

Post-computation interference only occurs in real-life scenarios (or hypotheticals that assume this realistic constraint), and it is those scenarios where Eliezer_Yudkowsky shows that you should pick a different computation output, given its robustness against interference from your "corrupted hardware".