Khoth comments on Decision theory and "winning" - Less Wrong
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Is there missing context in the FAQ? It seems to assume that people already know what Newcomb's Problem and the chewing gum problem are. The former is easy to google, but searching for the latter suggests that the chewing gum problem is that it's hard to clean up when people stick chewing gum to public surfaces.
Yep, context is in the rest of the FAQ - both of those cases are covered in their own earlier sections,