Eugine_Nier comments on [link] Scott Aaronson on free will - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 16 June 2013 03:04:42AM 0 points [-]

Ok, in that case, am I allowed to roll a dice to determine whether to one box?

Comment author: Manfred 16 June 2013 05:42:53AM * 0 points [-]

Depends on the rules. Who do I look like, Gary Drescher?

What sort of rules would you implement to keep Newcomb's problem interesting in the fact of coins that you can't predict?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 18 June 2013 12:22:17AM 0 points [-]

Why would I want to keep the problem interesting? I want to solve it.

Comment author: Ronak 18 June 2013 05:55:23PM 3 points [-]

Because the solution to the problem is worthless except to the extent that it establishes your position in an issue it's constructed to illuminate.

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