MatthewBaker comments on The Singularity Institute's Arrogance Problem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MatthewBaker 20 January 2012 05:14:44PM 0 points [-]

To quickly sum up Newcomb's problem, Its a question of probability where choosing the more "rational" thing to do will result in a great deal less currency to a traditional probability based decision theory. TDT takes steps to avoid getting stuck 2 boxing, or choosing the more rational of the two choices while applying in the vast majority of other situations.

Comment author: J_Taylor 20 January 2012 06:29:51PM 0 points [-]

Apologies, I know what Newcomb's problem is. I simply do not know anything about its history and the history of its attempted solutions.