MBlume comments on Formalizing Newcomb's - Less Wrong

18 Post author: cousin_it 05 April 2009 03:39PM

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Comment author: MBlume 07 April 2009 07:20:11PM 1 point [-]

But evidential actually tells you not to eat the chocolate? That's a pretty spectacular failure mode -- it seems like it could be extended to not taking your loved ones to the hospital because people tend to die there.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 07 April 2009 07:31:18PM *  2 points [-]

Yeah, that was awkwardly worded, I was only referring to Newcomb.