JGWeissman comments on Newcomblike problem: Counterfactual Informant - Less Wrong
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At the decision point in a counterfactual mugging, you already know the coin has landed heads. The only consequence of your decision to pay $100 that TDT cares about is that you pay $100. That your choice to pay the $100 counterfactually would have resulted in Omega paying you $10000 if the coin had landed tails doesn't move TDT, because that consequence is counterfactual, that is, it doesn't really happen.