magfrump comments on You're in Newcomb's Box - Less Wrong

40 Post author: HonoreDB 05 February 2011 08:46PM

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Comment author: magfrump 03 February 2011 05:38:10AM 0 points [-]

I agree with you here I believe. I didn't mean to imply that Prometheus was literally running the simulation, just that phrasing it in this way made the whole thing "click" for me.

I think my phrasing is the potential source of confusion.