CarlShulman comments on Why do theists, undergrads, and Less Wrongers favor one-boxing on Newcomb? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CarlShulman 19 June 2013 02:33:34AM * 6 points [-]

A case of thinking too deeply about the matter just leading a large fraction of people into confusion?

Confusion doesn't explain the firm directionality of the trend.

(and possibly even have loyalties to particular rigid theories)

This doesn't explain which one gets dominance, although it allows some amplification of noise or bias caused by other factors.

Comment author: ESRogs 19 June 2013 09:53:25PM 0 points [-]

I think the "think explicitly about decision theory" part was supposed to indicate the direction, since CDT as been the leader.