timtyler comments on Desirable Dispositions and Rational Actions - Less Wrong

13 Post author: RichardChappell 17 August 2010 03:20AM

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Comment author: timtyler 17 August 2010 05:15:30PM *  1 point [-]

Newcomb's problem is equivalent to dividing by zero.

IMO, you haven't made a case for that - and few here agree with you.

If you really think randomness is an issue, imagine a deterministic program facing the problem, with no good source of randomness to hand.

Comment author: Perplexed 17 August 2010 07:04:30PM 4 points [-]

No, randomness is kind of a red herring. I shouldn't have brought it up.

At one point I thought I had a kind of Dutch Book argument against Omega - if he could predict some future "random" event which I intended to use in conjunction with a mixed strategy, then I should be able to profit by making side bets "hedging" my choice with respect to Omega. But when I looked more carefully, it didn't work.

Comment author: timtyler 17 August 2010 07:10:36PM 1 point [-]

Yay: honesty points!