thomblake comments on Problematic Problems for TDT - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 23 May 2012 01:47:36PM 3 points [-]

It should be noted that Newcomb's problem was considered interesting in Philosophy in 1969, but decision theories were studied more in other fields - so there's a disconnect between the sorts of people who usually study formal decision theories and that sort of problem.