Perplexed comments on Desirable Dispositions and Rational Actions - Less Wrong
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The possible connection between Newcomb and PD is seen by anyone who considers Jeffrey's version of decision theory (EDT). So I have seen it mentioned by philosophers long before I had heard of EY. Game theorists, of course, reject this, unless they are analysing games with "free precommitment". I instinctively reject it too, for what that is worth, though I am beginning to realize that publishing your unchangeable source code is pretty-much equivalent to free precommitment.
My analysis of your analysis of AMD is in my response to your comment below.