PhilGoetz comments on The Blackmail Equation - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 16 March 2010 03:15:26PM 2 points [-]

Sure to all that; but what I want to see is an explanation of why I should consider the notion of "superior epistemic vantage" a useful idea. It seems like a fantasy that has no bearing on real life. Why shouldn't I dismiss Newcomb's dilemma as philosophical masturbation the moment someone says that it depends on superior epistemic vantage?