Morendil comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 3 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: RobinZ 19 March 2010 03:14AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 22 March 2010 02:30:28PM * 1 point [-]

Can't answer until I know the laws of time travel.

Why is something like this an acceptable answer here, but not in Newcomb's Problem or Counterfactual Mugging?

Comment author: Morendil 22 March 2010 03:03:04PM 0 points [-]

Because these don't involve time travel, but normal physics?

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 22 March 2010 03:05:50PM 0 points [-]

He did say "something like this", not "this".