Roko comments on Counterfactual Mugging - Less Wrong
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The primary reason for resolving Newcomb-like problems is to explore the fundamental limitations of decision theories.
It sounds like you are still confused about free will. See Righting a Wrong Question, Possibility and Could-ness, and Daniel Dennett's lecture here.
I think I'm not confused about free will, and that the links I gave should help to resolve most of the confusion. Maybe you should write a blog post/LW article where you formulate the nature of your confusion (if you still have it after reading the relevant material), I'll respond to that.