Blueberry comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong
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This needs to be spelled out more. Do you mean that if A takes both boxes, B gets $1,000, and if A takes one box, B gets $1,000,000? Why is this a dilemma at all? What you do has no effect on the money you get.
I don't know how to format a table, but here is what I want the game to be:
A-action B-action A-winnings B-winnings
Now compare this with Newcomb's game:
A-action Prediction A-winnings
Now, if the "Prediction" in the second table is actually a flawless prediction of a different player's action then we obtain the first three columns of the first table.
Hopefully the rest is clear, and please forgive the triviality of this observation.